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Contesting Childhood: Autobiography, Trauma, and Memory

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Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important a ...more
Paperback , 236 pages
Published January 21st 2010 by Rutgers University Press
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