Autobiographical writing across the disciplines : a reader
'Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines' reveals for the first time the extraordinary breadth of the intellectual movement toward self-inclusive scholarship. Presenting exemplary works of criticism incorporating personal narratives, the text brings together 27 essays from scholars from different fields
Aufsatzsammlung
xviii, 487 pages ; 25 cm
9780822332008, 9780822332138, 0822332000, 0822332132
52424030
Acknowledgments ixForeword / Ruth Behar xiiiSelf/Discipline: An Introduction / Diane P. Freedman and Olivia Frey 1Language and Literature Finding the Right Word: Self-Inclusion and Self-Inscription / David Bleich 41Gender Tragedies: East Texas Cockfighting and Hamlet / Carlos L. Dews 68Three Readings of the Wife of Bath / Merrill Black 85Listening to the Images: My Sightless Insights into Yeats's Plays / David Richman 96Activist Academic: Memoir of an Ethnic Lit Professor / Bonnie Tusmith 114Following the Voice of the Draft / Donald M. Murray 129Notes of a Native Daughter: Reflections on Identity and Writing / Carla L. Peterson 138History Tribute to Robert D. Marcus / David Bleich 159Journey/man: Hi/s/tory / Robert D. Marcus 161Religion From God of the Oppressed / James Cone 189Philosophy Beyond Holocaust Theology: Extending a Hand across the Abyss / Laura Duhan Kaplan 205Maternal Thinking / Sara Ruddick 216Africana Studies Altered States / Kwame Anthony Appiah 233Art History History of an Encounter / Eunice Lipton 257Music Devouring Music: Ruminations of a Composer Who Cooks / Peter Hamlin 265Film When the Body Is Your Own: Feminist Film Criticism and the Horror Genre / Julie Tharp 281Filming Point of View / Deborah Lefkowitz 292Anthropology From The Broken Cord / Michael Dorris 311Juban America / Ruth Behar 331Close Encounters with a CSA: The Reflections of a Bruised and Somewhat Wiser Anthropologist / Laura B. Delind 349Law The Death of the Profane (a commentary on the genre of legal writing) / Patricia J. Williams 365English Education My Father/ My Censor: English Education, Politics, and Status / Brenda Daly 375Research Psychology Adventures of a Woman in Science / Naomi Weisstein 397Biology Through the Looking Glass: A Feminist's Life in Biology / Muriel Lederman 417Medicine That Disorder: An Introduction / Alice Wexler 435A Textbook Pregnancy / Perri Klass 444Math, Psychology, and Science Education Personal Thinking / Seymour Papert 455Selected Bibliography 467Contributors 483
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