Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: HS Gender and 20th-century Autobiography, language: English, abstract: This seminar paper deals with: "e;BODY: Reading Jackie Kay's The Adoption Papers (1990-1991)"e;INTRODUCTION1 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING2 PODOROGA S PHENOMENOLOGY OF BODY3 DAUGHTER S BODY3.1 BODY-OBJECT3.1.1 Wounded body3.1.2 Dead body3.1.3 Being touched3.1.4 Being commanded3.1.5 Examined body3.2 BODY- MY-BODY 3.3. BODY-AFFECTCONCLUSION