Narrative and genre
by Chamberlain, Mary Thompson, Paul
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.
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- Full title :Narrative and genre / edited by Mary Chamberlain and Paul Thompson.
Summary
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.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998.
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Description based upon print version of record.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (218 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1134745044, 9781134745043, 1134745052, 9781134745050, 0585447934, 9780585447933, 1280057378, 9781280057373, 0203442334, 9780203442333
- DOI:10.4324/9780203442333
- oclc:on1290098645
- LC Classification:D16.14
- Dewey Decimal:920
Table of Contents
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
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