Sidonie Smith, Julia Watson

Reading Autobiography

A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thoroughly updated, the second edition of Reading Autobiography

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9780816669868
• ISBN-10: 0816669864
• Artikelnr.: 28135821

Autorenporträt

Sidonie Smith is Martha Guernsey Colby Collegiate Professor of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. Julia Watson is professor of comparative studies at Ohio State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Life Narrative: Definitions and Distinctions
2. Autobiographical Subjects
3. Autobiographical Acts
4. Life Narrative in Historical Perspective
5. In the Wake of the Memoir Boom
6. The Visual-Verbal-Virtual Contexts of Life Narrative
7. A History of Autobiography Criticism
Part I: Theorizing Autobiography
8. A History of Autobiography Criticism
Part II: Expanding Autobiography Studies
9. A Tool Kit: Twenty-four Strategies for Reading Life Narratives
Appendix A. Genres of Life Narrative
Appendix B. Group and Classroom Projects
Appendix C. Journals and Internet Resources
Notes
Bibliography
Index