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Campbell (cultural studies, U. of Birmingham, UK) and Harbord (film studies, U. of London, UK) argue that the growth of autobiographical practice is defining a fundamental shift in cultural studies. This growth is in part a reaction to anonymous, abstract theories of postmodernism. They present nine articles that look at the practice of autobiography in the humanities, the way that autobiography challenges facticity in history, and the increased significance of location as a feature of autobiography. Final chapters explore question of how technologies such as video cameras and the Internet are creating a hybrid form of autobiography that connects previously separated spheres. Distributed by Palgrave. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Temporalities, Autobiography and Everyday Life
by Jan Campbell
Autobiography has recently become a primary medium for cultural theory, at the center of debates about subjectivity, history, memory, authority and ethics. Through this collection of essays, Jan Campbell and Janet Habord expand the concept of autobiographical process to take into consideration recent work on the role of the intellectual, and the areas of cultural
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Autobiography has recently become a primary medium for cultural theory, at the center of debates about subjectivity, history, memory, authority and ethics. Through this collection of essays, Jan Campbell and Janet Habord expand the concept of autobiographical process to take into consideration recent work on the role of the intellectual, and the areas of cultural geography, historiography, and new technologies.
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780719055751
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Publication date:
- 10/28/2002
- Pages:
- 320
- Product dimensions:
- 6.30(w) x 8.84(h) x 1.14(d)
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