FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Narrative and Genre

Mary Chamberlain, Paul Thompson
    Product form
      FORMAT: Hardback

      R 9,306.30 Price and availability exclusive to website

      YOU COULD EARN 9,306.30 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.
      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Approx. 10 - 15 Business Days
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 1,551.05 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 3,102.10 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 2,326.57 with
      Any life story, whether a written autobiography or an oral testimony, is shaped not only by the reworkings of experience through memory and re-evaluation, but also art. Any communication has to use shared conventions not only of language itself, but also the more complex expectations of "genre", of the forms expected within a given context and type of communication. This collection of essays by international academics draws on a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities to examine how far the expectations and forms of genre shape different kinds of autobiography and influence what messages they can convey. After investigating the problem of genre definition and tracing the evolution of genre as a concept, contributors explore such questions as: how far can we argue that what one includes in an autobiography is contingent upon the variety of genres available; to what extent is oral autobiography shaped by its social and cultural context; and what is the relationship between autobiographical sources and the ethnographer?
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Mary Chamberlain, Paul Thompson EAN: 9780415151986 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 560 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-12-18 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Literary studies: general, Communication studies

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Any life story, whether a written autobiography or an oral testimony, is shaped not only by the reworkings of experience through memory and re-evaluation, but also art. Any communication has to use shared conventions not only of language itself, but also the more complex expectations of "genre", of the forms expected within a given context and type of communication. This collection of essays by international academics draws on a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities to examine how far the expectations and forms of genre shape different kinds of autobiography and influence what messages they can convey. After investigating the problem of genre definition and tracing the evolution of genre as a concept, contributors explore such questions as: how far can we argue that what one includes in an autobiography is contingent upon the variety of genres available; to what extent is oral autobiography shaped by its social and cultural context; and what is the relationship between autobiographical sources and the ethnographer?
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Mary Chamberlain, Paul Thompson EAN: 9780415151986 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 560 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-12-18 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Literary studies: general, Communication studies

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account