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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-

Thompson, Paul, 1935-

Series:

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; 1.

Routledge studies in memory and narrative ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral history.

Autobiography.

First person narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-74504-4

1-134-74505-2

0-585-44793-4

1-280-05737-8

0-203-44233-4

9780203442333

OCLC:

647363491