Getting a Life

Getting a Life
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 0816624909
ISBN-13 : 9780816624904
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Book Synopsis Getting a Life by : Sidonie Smith

Download or read book Getting a Life written by Sidonie Smith and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Various encounters helped us transform what was originally just a response to a trendy 1980s phrase--Get A life!--into the pointed yet heterogeneous engagement with everyday practices that we believe this collection represents. Papers submitted for the session on the everyday uses of autobiography at the Modern Language Association's convention in 1992 enabled us to connect with scholars around the country.


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