Justifiable Conduct : Self-Vindication in Memoir /

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How do memoirists make their work interesting, daring, exciting, and unorthodox enough so that they attract an audience, yet not so heinous and scandalous that their readers are unable to empathize or identify with them? This book explores the different strategies memoirists use to "neutralize&...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Goode, Erich (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sociology > Biographical methods.
Deviant behavior in literature.
Deviant behavior.
Conduct of life.
Autobiography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
autobiography (genre)
Sociologie > Histoires de vie.
Autobiographie.
Deviance dans la litterature > Histoire.
Morale pratique > Histoire.
Deviant behavior in literature > History.
Conduct of life > History.
Deviant behavior > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:How do memoirists make their work interesting, daring, exciting, and unorthodox enough so that they attract an audience, yet not so heinous and scandalous that their readers are unable to empathize or identify with them? This book explores the different strategies memoirists use to "neutralize" their alleged wrongdoing and fashion a more positive image of themselves for audiences. The author examines how writers, including James Frey, Susan Cheever, Roman Polanski, Charles Van Doren and Elia Kazan, explain, justify, contextualize, excuse, or warrant their participation in activities such as criminal behavior, substance abuse, sexual transgressions, and political radicalism.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (220 pages).
ISBN:9781439910276

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