Who Do You Think You Are? Storytelling, Performance, and Outrageous Lies in Emily Prager’s Eve’s Tattoo
Keywords:
Emily Prager, Eve’s Tattoo, historiographic metafiction, cultural appropriation, postmodernismAbstract
This article examines Emily Prager’s Eve’s Tattoo as a work of historiographic metafiction that reimagines trauma, identity, and performance. It argues that the novel juxtaposes European historical memory with post-AIDS American contexts, complicating conventional understandings of history and representation. The study highlights how the protagonist’s performance of victimhood raises ethical questions about cultural appropriation and empathy.References
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