Mediating Memory vs Telling Tales: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Mediating Memory Mediating Memory Bunty Avieson · 2017 344 pages · ≈ 6 h 22 m · Moderate

The argument has been made that memoir reflects and augments the narcissistic tendencies of our neo-liberal age. Mediating Memory: Tracing the Limits of Memoir challenges and dismantles that assumption. Focusing on the…

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Cover of Telling Tales Telling Tales Kylie Cardell · 2015 ★★★★☆ 3.6 156 pages · ≈ 2 h 53 m · Moderate

Young writers have historically played a pivotal role in shaping autobiographical genres and this continues into the graphic and digital texts which characterise contemporary life writing. This volume offers a selection…

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Mediating MemoryTelling Tales
Goodreads — 3.6 (560)
Hardcover — 4.0 (25)

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Mediating MemoryTelling Tales
Ratings — 560
Editions 6 6
Wikipedia attention — 18
Pages 344 156

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