Culture of Autobiography - Constructions of Self-Representation

Focusing primarily on the period from the eighteenth-century to the present, this interdisciplinary volume takes a fresh look at the institutions and practices of autobiography and self-portraiture in Europe, the United States and other cultures.

Summary

Diverse tendencies in critical and cultural theory have combined to give autobiography a new importance. The essays in this collection address from different vantage points the larger problems posed by the form and the question of its institutional and cultural marginality.

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert Folkenflik (Editor), Folkenflik Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9780804720489
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2048-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 395 g
• Series: Irvine Studies in the Humaniti; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humanities; Irvine Studies in the Humaniti
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies