Narrative and Genre

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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.

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Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997.

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Description:1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0415757037, 9780415757034, 0415151988, 9780415151986, 9780203442333, 0203442334
oclc:ocn994546468
LC Classification:D16.14 .N37 1997eb
Dewey Decimal:809.9

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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Autobiographie Autobiographies as Topic Autobiography autobiography (genre) Electronic books First person narrative Histoire orale Oral history Récits à la première personne