@article{1563007,
      recid = {1563007},
      author = {Smith, Sidonie, and Watson, Julia,},
      title = {Reading autobiography now : an updated guide for  interpreting life narratives /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 430 pages)},
      note = {New edition of the author's Reading autobiography.},
      abstract = {"A user-friendly guide to reading, writing, and theorizing  autobiographical texts and practices for students,  scholars, and practitioners of life narrative 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.  Reading Autobiography Now 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 Whole Earth Catalog 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. 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.  An indispensable exploration of this expansive,  transnational, multimedia field, Reading Autobiography Now  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. "--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1563007},
}