Getting a life : everyday uses of autobiography / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, editors.
Getting a life : everyday uses of autobiography / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, editors.
Getting a life : everyday uses of autobiography / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, editors.
About this item
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Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, c1996.
Call Numbers
N818.508/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson -- 1. Bad Girls and Sick Boys: Inside the Body in Fiction, Film, and Performance Art / Linda S. Kauffman -- 2. "Voicing" Deaf Identity: Through the "I's" and Ears of an Other / H-Dirksen L. Bauman -- 3. Medical Identity: My DNA/Myself / Kay K. Cook -- 4....
11. "What Kind of Life Have I Got?" Gender in the Life Story of an "Ordinary" Woman / Susan Ostrov Weisser -- 12. Race/Identity/Culture/Kin: Constructions of African American Identity in Transracial Adoption / Sandra Patton -- 13. Ordering the Family: Genealogy as Autobiographical Pedigree / Julia W...
Publication information
Publisher
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota, c1996.
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
c1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book looks at the confession and creation of life stories in American popular culture. From résumés to personal ads, from talk shows to self-help groups, autobiographical storytelling has become a central theme of American culture. Visual media offer a dazzling display of possible lives through soap operas, talk shows, music videos, and "lif...
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Full title
Getting a life : everyday uses of autobiography / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, editors.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
c1996.
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Call Numbers
N818.508/1
Record Identifier
74VM5wjOj8jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5wjOj8jA
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ISBN
0816624895 (hc)
9780816624898 (hc : acid-free paper)
0816624895 (hc : acid-free paper)
9780816624904 (pb)
0816624909 (pb)
9780816624898 (hc)
DDC
818.50809492
MMS ID
991003532999702626
