Contesting childhood : autobiography, trauma, and memory / Kate Douglas.
Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Kate Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2010.
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| Series: | Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Summary: | Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Kate Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important and influential. This study enables readers to discover how stories configure childhood within cultural memory and the public sphere. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813549156 0813549159 081354663X 9780813546636 0813546648 9780813546643 1282562398 9781282562394 9786612562396 6612562390 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |