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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821993103321

Titolo

Narrative and genre / / edited by Mary Chamberlain and Paul Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-74504-4

1-134-74505-2

0-585-44793-4

1-280-05737-8

0-203-44233-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ChamberlainMary <1947->

ThompsonPaul Richard <1935->

Disciplina

920

Soggetti

Oral history

Autobiography

First person narrative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/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.