Journal article
Writer as perv: bricolage, bowerbirding, observation
New Writing, Vol.14(2), pp.184-195
2017
Abstract
Recently it was suggested that my creative method (bowerbirding, bricolage, engaged observation) might properly be described as 'perving'. Affronted, I rejected this accusation. But the idea wouldn't go away, a question remained. How does observation that informs a story differ from perving or voyeurism? Creative writers lurk everywhere, observing and eavesdropping for quirks and foibles to bring life to their stories. I review my creative methodology against the current discourse about the eclectic methods of enquiry through which writers interrogate the world, including thievery, plagiarism, borrowing, voyeurism, perving, to assess the validity of this charge of perversion
Details
- Title
- Writer as perv: bricolage, bowerbirding, observation
- Authors
- Pamela Greet (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- New Writing, Vol.14(2), pp.184-195
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1080/14790726.2016.1223142
- ISSN
- 1479-0726
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451303902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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