Compelling Confessions is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous in contemporary culture, not only within psychological or therapeutic frameworks or literary analysis, but also in internet discussion groups, in the criminal justice system, in political rhetoric, in so-called "reality" and interview-style television programming, in writing pedagogy and, increasingly, in the testimonial strain observable in contemporary scholarship.…mehr
Compelling Confessions is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, confession is ubiquitous in contemporary culture, not only within psychological or therapeutic frameworks or literary analysis, but also in internet discussion groups, in the criminal justice system, in political rhetoric, in so-called "reality" and interview-style television programming, in writing pedagogy and, increasingly, in the testimonial strain observable in contemporary scholarship.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Suzanne Diamond is associate professor of English at Youngstown State University.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Foreword: Confession as an Uncontrolled Substance: An Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Scripted Subjectivity: The Politics of Personal Disclosure Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Personal Disclosure and Public Discourse in Creative Nonfiction Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Escaping Panopticon: Vision and Visibility in the Memoirs of Elizabeth Wurtzel Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Confessional Poetry and National Identity: John Berryman's Self as Nation Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Oprah on the Couch: Franzen, Foucault, and the Book Club Confessions Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Understanding the False-Confession Phenomenon Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Rhetoric's Inescapable Grasp: Strategic Disclosure and the Moment of Truth Chapter 10 Chapter 8: Waiting Tables, Writing Lives: The "Truth" of Personal Experience in Students' Academic Writing Chapter 11 Chapter 9: From Confession to Testimony: Refigureing Trauma in the Classroom Chapter 12 Chapter 10: Sister Confessor: The Selection and Shaping of Testimonies in Sistren's Bellywoman Bangarang and Lionheart Gal Chapter 13 Chapter 11: The Vagina Posse: Confessional Community in Online Infertility Journals Chapter 14 Notes on Contributors Chapter 15 Index
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Foreword: Confession as an Uncontrolled Substance: An Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Scripted Subjectivity: The Politics of Personal Disclosure Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Personal Disclosure and Public Discourse in Creative Nonfiction Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Escaping Panopticon: Vision and Visibility in the Memoirs of Elizabeth Wurtzel Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Confessional Poetry and National Identity: John Berryman's Self as Nation Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Oprah on the Couch: Franzen, Foucault, and the Book Club Confessions Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Understanding the False-Confession Phenomenon Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Rhetoric's Inescapable Grasp: Strategic Disclosure and the Moment of Truth Chapter 10 Chapter 8: Waiting Tables, Writing Lives: The "Truth" of Personal Experience in Students' Academic Writing Chapter 11 Chapter 9: From Confession to Testimony: Refigureing Trauma in the Classroom Chapter 12 Chapter 10: Sister Confessor: The Selection and Shaping of Testimonies in Sistren's Bellywoman Bangarang and Lionheart Gal Chapter 13 Chapter 11: The Vagina Posse: Confessional Community in Online Infertility Journals Chapter 14 Notes on Contributors Chapter 15 Index
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