How does Gabbert's first person perspective guide the reader through the collection?

All 13 essays in the collection are written from Gabbert's first person perspective. This means that her first person pronouns are prevalent throughout the collected works, and thus act as guideposts. In many of the essays, Gabbert will begin with a personal anecdote or an allusion from her personal life. Her perspective thus locates the reader in time and space, and invites her into Gabbert's more philosophical or theoretical discussions to come. Her pronouns might dissipate in the essays' centers in order to make room for other thinkers, but always return in the essays' latter paragraphs. In this way, Gabbert's perspective and voice thus lead the reader through her meandering explorations.

In what ways does the collection's overarching structure trace the evolution of Gabbert's explorations?

The collection is organized into three parts. The essays collected in...