Relative histories : mediating history in Asian American family memoirs /
This work focuses the Asian American memoir that specifically recounts the story of at least three generations of the same family. This form of autobiography concentrates as much on other members of one's family as on oneself, generally collapses the boundaries conventionally established betwee...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2011.
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Summary: | This work focuses the Asian American memoir that specifically recounts the story of at least three generations of the same family. This form of autobiography concentrates as much on other members of one's family as on oneself, generally collapses the boundaries conventionally established between biography and autobiography, and in many cases crosses the frontier into history, promoting collective memory. |
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Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks KU Open Research Library EBSCO eBook Open Access (OA) Collection Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780824860868 0824860861 0824870484 9780824870485 9780824895358 0824895355 |