Reading Autobiography Av Sidonie Smith, Julia Watson

<DIV>With the memoir boom, life storytelling has become ubiquitous and emerged as a distinct field of study. <i>Reading Autobiography</i>, originally published in 2001, was the first comprehensive critical introduction to life writing in all its forms. Widely adopted for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, it is an essential guide for students and scholars reading and interpreting autobiographical texts and methods across the humanities, social sciences, and visual and performing arts.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Thoroughly updated, the second edition of <i>Reading Autobiography</i> is the most complete assessment of life narrative in its myriad forms. It lays out a sophisticated, theoretical approach to life writing and the components of autobiographical acts, including memory, experience, identity, embodiment, space, and agency. Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson explore these components, review the history of life writing and the foundations of autobiographical subjectivity, and provide

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