UID:
edocfu_9959230101102883
Format:
1 online resource (218 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-74504-4
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1-134-74505-2
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0-585-44793-4
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1-280-05737-8
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0-203-44233-4
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; 1
Content:
Narrative and Genre presents exciting new debates in an emerging field, where international academics from a plethora of disciplines examine the conventions and restrictions of language and genre and how they influence our communication.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction to the series; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION Genre and narrative in life stories; ORAL HISTORY AS GENRE; SILENCES The case of a psychiatric hospital; A BRAZILIAN WORKER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN AN UNEXPECTED FORM Interweaving the interview and the novel; FAMILY FABLES; ANECDOTE AS NARRATIVE RESOURCE IN WORKING-CLASS LIFE STORIES Parody, dramatization and sequence; MY LIFE AS CONSUMER Narratives from the world of goods; DISTANT HOMES, OUR GENRE Recognizing Chinese lives as an anthropologist
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THE ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW IN A CROSSCULTURAL SETTING An analysis of its linguistic, social and ideological structureIN THE ARCHIVE, IN THE FIELD What kind of document is an 'oral history?; SHARING AND RESHAPING LIFE STORIES Problems and potential in archiving research narratives; RAPHAEL SAMUEL An appreciation; RAPHAEL SAMUEL A select bibliography; A call for contributions; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-75703-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15198-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203442333
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