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Narrative and Genre - Contexts and Types of Communication (Hardcover)
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Narrative and Genre - Contexts and Types of Communication (Hardcover)
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Any life story, whether a written autobiography or an oral
testimony, is shaped not only by the reworkings of experience
through memory and re-evaluation, but also by art. Any
communication has to use shared conventions not only of language
itself, but also the more complex expectations of "genre," the
forms expected within a given context and type of communication.
This collection of essays by international academics draws on a
wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities
to examine how far the expectations and forms of genre shape
different kinds of autobiography and influence what messages they
can convey. After investigating the problem of genre definition,
and tracing the evolution of genre as a concept, contributors
explore such issues as: How far can we argue that what people
narrate in their autobiographical stories is selected and shaped by
the repertoire of genre available to them? To what extent is oral
autobiography shaped by its social and cultural context? What is
the relationship between autobiographical sources and the
ethnographer? Narrative and Genre presents exciting new debates in
an emerging field and will encourage international and
interdisciplinary discussion. Its authors and contributors are
scholars from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies,
literary analysis, psychology, psychoanalysis, social history, and
sociology.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
1998 |
Editors: |
Paul Thompson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
201 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-52857-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
1-138-52857-9 |
Barcode: |
9781138528574 |
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