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Understanding Biographies: On Biographies in History and Stories in Biography (Studies in History and Social Sciences)
Birgitte Possing
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Description for Understanding Biographies: On Biographies in History and Stories in Biography (Studies in History and Social Sciences)
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
In modern and post-modern times, biography is one of the most popular genres of the day. All around the Western world, we are engaged in the lives of ordinary and well-known people, and biographies fly off the shelves. In this book, Danish historian and biographer Birgitte Possing uncovers the essence of biography as a genre, spanning a number of radically different types of life-storytelling. She defines biography as a genre, a narrative form and an analytic field, providing guidelines to an understanding of gender, archetypes, narrative traditions, critique and ethics of the field. This is not a cookery book with ... Read more
In modern and post-modern times, biography is one of the most popular genres of the day. All around the Western world, we are engaged in the lives of ordinary and well-known people, and biographies fly off the shelves. In this book, Danish historian and biographer Birgitte Possing uncovers the essence of biography as a genre, spanning a number of radically different types of life-storytelling. She defines biography as a genre, a narrative form and an analytic field, providing guidelines to an understanding of gender, archetypes, narrative traditions, critique and ethics of the field. This is not a cookery book with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
513 g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Odense, Denmark
ISBN
9788776749927
SKU
V9788776749927
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About Birgitte Possing
Birgitte Possing, Dr.phil. is a professor at Rigsarkivet [Danish National Archives] in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1992, her award-winning dissertation -- a biography of Danish education pioneer Natalie Zahle -- was the subject of much interest and discussion throughout the Nordic region for its fresh and humanising approach to history. The book has been translated into English (2001). Having worked as ... Read more
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