Interpreting the self : two hundred years of American autobiography /
"How do ways of explaining one's life vary over time? Although anthropologists have found intriguing cultural differences in how people interpret the self, there has been little extended work exploring historical variations. In this study, sociologist Diane Bjorklund remedies this gap by e...
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[1998]
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Autobiography as a Social Situation
- Ch. 3. The Self as Morality Play
- Ch. 4. Masters of Fate
- Ch. 5. The Uncertain Self
- Ch. 6. The Beleaguered Self
- Ch. 7. The Autobiography as Moral Performance
- App. B. American Autobiographies: An Overview.