Narrative and Genre

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.

Sommario

Notes on contributors, Introduction to the series, Acknowledgements, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 ORAL HISTORY AS GENRE, 3 SILENCES, 4 A BRAZILIAN WORKER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN AN UNEXPECTED FORM, 5 FAMILY FABLES, 6 ANECDOTE AS NARRATIVE RESOURCE IN WORKING-CLASS LIFE STORIES, 7 MY LIFE AS CONSUMER, 8 DISTANT HOMES, OUR GENRE, 9 THE ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW IN A CROSSCULTURAL SETTING, 10 IN THE ARCHIVE, IN THE FIELD, 11 SHARING AND RESHAPING LIFE STORIES, RAPHAEL SAMUEL, RAPHAEL SAMUEL, A call for contributions, Index

Info autore

Mary Chamberlain, Paul Thompson

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Thompson Chamberlain
• Con la collaborazione di: Mary Chamberlain (Editore), Paul Thompson (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.02.2014
• EAN: 9780415757034
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75703-4
• Pagine: 220
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history