Reading autobiography : a guide for interpreting life narratives / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson.
By: Smith, Sidonie.
Contributor(s): Watson, Julia.
Material type: BookPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiv, 394 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780816669851 (hc : alk. paper); 9780816669868 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0816669856 (hc : alk. paper); 0816669864 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): AutobiographyDDC classification: 808/.06692
Contents:
Life narrative : definitions and distinctions -- Autobiographical subjects -- Autobiographical acts -- Life narrative in historical perspective -- In the wake of the memoir boom -- The visual-verbal-virtual contexts of life narrative -- A history of autobiography criticism, part I : theorizing autobiography -- A history of autobiography criticism, part II : expanding autobiography studies -- A tool kit : twenty-four strategies for reading life narratives -- Appendix A. Sixty genres of life narrative -- Appendix B. Group and classroom projects -- Appendix C. Journals and internet resources.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Life narrative : definitions and distinctions -- Autobiographical subjects -- Autobiographical acts -- Life narrative in historical perspective -- In the wake of the memoir boom -- The visual-verbal-virtual contexts of life narrative -- A history of autobiography criticism, part I : theorizing autobiography -- A history of autobiography criticism, part II : expanding autobiography studies -- A tool kit : twenty-four strategies for reading life narratives -- Appendix A. Sixty genres of life narrative -- Appendix B. Group and classroom projects -- Appendix C. Journals and internet resources.
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