http://www.diva-portal.org This is a published version of a book published by Ravenshaw University. Citation for the original publication: Shands, K., & Ferreira-Meyers, K. (Eds.). (2018). Special Issue on Life Writing. Ravenshaw Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, vol. 8. Cuttack, Odisha, India: Ravenshaw University. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original publication. Permanent link to this version: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-35715 Ravenshaw Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. VIII, 2018 Special issue on Life Writing DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY CUTTACK, ODISHA, INDIA Ravenshaw Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies (RJLCS) An International Peer-reviewed Journal ISSN : EISSN : 2231 - 2773 GUEST EDITORS Dr. Kerstin Shands, Södertörn University Dr. Karen Ferreira-Meyers, University of Swaziland EDITOR Madhusmita Pati EDITORIAL BOARD Amulya Purohit Thomas Kemple Former Professor (Emeritus) Associate Professor Department of English Department of Sociology Utkal University University of British Columbia Raj Kumar Jatindra Kumar Nayak Professor, Department of English Former Professor, Department of English Delhi University Utkal University John Cussen David Dennen Associate Professor Department of Music Edinboro University of Pennsylvania University of California at Davis R. Swarnalata Associate Professor, IIT Madras Editorial Assistance : Pradip Ghosh Available on EBSCOHOST Editorial Correspondence Head, Department of English, Ravenshaw University Cuttack - 753003, India E-mail :
[email protected] © 2017 Department of English, Ravenshaw University. Ravenshaw Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies is published once a year, in January, by the Department of English, Ravenshaw University. Included in the MLA index Editorial Introduction Life writing, autobiography and autofiction have slowly but surely continued on an age-old road to becoming household names for anyone and everyone who examines literary works.