My key texts and my theoretical framework(s): I initially grounded my work in Feminist scholarship, with a paticular focus in work concerning Bodies & Materiality, as well as perspectives which understand writing as praxis and an enactment of power. My study really began with a study of narratives, writing as an act of power, and how to write & read first-person writing when language itself is exclusionary by nature. As such, some of the key words I used to guide my research included embodiment, materiality, women’s writing and autobiography. Given the multifaceted nature of my research I’ve combined approaches from …