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Reading autobiography : a guide for interpreting life narratives / Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Sidonie
Other Authors:	Watson, Julia, 1945-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Autobiography.

Table of 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.