{"product_id":"reading-autobiography-now-an-updated-guide-for-interpreting-life-narratives-third-edition-9781517916886","title":"Reading Autobiography Now: An Updated Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Third Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA user-friendly guide to reading, writing, and theorizing autobiographical texts and practices for students, scholars, and practitioners of life narrative\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The boom in autobiographical narratives continues apace. It now encompasses a global spectrum of texts and practices in such media as graphic memoir, auto-photography, performance and plastic arts, film and video, and online platforms. \u003ci\u003eReading Autobiography Now\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a critical engagement with life narrative in historical perspective and a theoretical framework for interpreting texts and practices in this wide-ranging field. Hailed upon its initial publication as \"the \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e of autobiography studies,\" this essential book has been updated, reorganized, and expanded in scope to serve as an accessible and contemporary guide for scholars, students, and practitioners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson explore definitions of life narrative, probe issues of subjectivity, and outline salient features of autobiographical acts and practices. In this updated edition, they address emergent topics such as autotheory, autofiction, and autoethnography; expand the discussions of identity, relationality, and agency; and introduce new material on autobiographical archives and the profusion of \"I\"s in contemporary works. Smith and Watson also provide a helpful toolkit of strategies for reading life narrative and an extensive glossary of mini-essays analyzing key theoretical concepts and dozens of autobiographical genres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An indispensable exploration of this expansive, transnational, multimedia field, \u003ci\u003eReading Autobiography Now\u003c\/i\u003e meticulously unpacks the heterogeneous modes of life narratives through which people tell their stories, from traditional memoirs and trauma narratives to collaborative life narrative and autobiographical comics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sidonie Smith is Lorna G. Goodison Distinguished University Professor Emerita of English and women's and gender studies at the University of Michigan. Among her almost two dozen books are \u003ci\u003eManifesto for the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Julia Watson, \u003ci\u003eLife Writing in the Long Run\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Julia Watson is Academy Professor Emerita of comparative studies at The Ohio State University. She is author of numerous essays in the field and, with Sidonie Smith, coauthor and coeditor of seven books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50458173341970,"sku":"9781517916886","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d5365e7a-0e1b-4c6c-add1-3e5e0a468386.jpg?v=1729955140","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-autobiography-now-an-updated-guide-for-interpreting-life-narratives-third-edition-9781517916886","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}