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Examining more than a dozen films from Jewish artists, this book reveals how the postmodern impulse to turn the lens inward intersects provocatively with historical tropes and stereotypes of the Jew. It focuses on Jewish filmmakers working on the margins and examines the work of…
"...Challenge[s] readers to think about narrative research in its own context while also maintaining original, personal voices that underscore the value this field places on an individual's communication of his or her experience. By revealing their struggles with qualitative res…
Brings together a diverse group of narrative research scholars who share their actual experiences of learning, teaching, working, and growing in this field. It is argued that the wide variety of innovative approaches and expansive theoretical perspectives they offer will be help…
"Up Close and Personal: The Teaching and Learning of Narrative Research, the second volume in the series The Narrative Study of Lives, brings together a diverse group of narrative research scholars who share their actual experiences of learning, teaching, working, and growing in…
"Based on tape-recorded conversations with Alex Haley, this account of the life of the Black Muslim leader was completed shortly before his murder. Alex Haley 'did his job with sensitivity and with devotion ... [The book] will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afri…
Memoirs have enjoyed great popularity in recent years, experiencing significant sales, prominent reviews, and diverse readerships. Signifying Bodies shows that at the heart of the memoir phenomenon is our fascination with writing that focuses on what it means to live in, or be, …
Thousands of people around the world responded to <SMITH</ Magazine's call for six-word memoirs. Following up on the smashing success of the <New York Times</ bestseller <Not Quite What I Was Planning, </ here are more memoirs from Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, Neil Patrick Harri…
'This book offers a definitive reading of Bion's remarkable autobiographical writings from a perspective embedded in the poetry of the ages, that of the Romantics in particular. It is at once learned and, utterly freshly, able to explore the inside story of Bion's life and mind.…
