autographics

English

Etymology

Coined by Gillian Whitlock from auto- +‎ graphics

Noun

autographics (uncountable)

1. The creation of autobiographical works using a variety of technologies and materials, such as signs, symbols, and visual arts, as well as words.
   • 2008 Winter, Gillian Whitlock, Anna Poletti, “Self-Regarding Art”, in Biography, volume 31, number 1:

     This special issue of Biography devoted to exploring the potential of autographics as a concept and a practice is thick with illustrations, for graphic life narrative resists reduction to summary or translation into a single medium, and requires that we pause and explore the sight, the sounds, the sensational feel of autobiographical representations.

   • 2010, Sidonie Smith, Julia Watson, Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, →ISBN, page ix:

     There are two entirely new chapters: one on new genres and new subjects, surveying the innovative forms of life writing that have emerged since 2001, and the other on life narrative in exemplary visual and virtual modes, such as autographics and online blogs, that are reshaping the discursive terms and audience expectations that traditionally defined the field.

   • 2012, Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, Brian McHale, The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature, →ISBN, page 515:

     In what follows, I look at autographics, interfaces, and avatar autobiography as three forms of virtualized life narrative existing today.

   • 2014, Lan Dong, Teaching Comics and Graphic Narratives, →ISBN:

     Graphic memoirs or “autographics” are a growing focus of current scholarship.

See also

• autographic