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Telling Lives in India: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History

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Description for Telling Lives in India: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History Paperback. A collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India. Editor(s): Arnold, David; Blackburn, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBTB; HBTD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.

"This book serves as a window into the rich and revealing lives and self-representations of the particular individuals who have produced the life histories. In so doing, it makes very important broader points about the use of life histories in social science research in general and in the study of South Asian social-cultural life in particular." —Sarah Lamb

Life histories have a wide, if not universal, appeal. But what does it mean to narrate the story of a life, whether one’s own or someone else’s, orally or in writing? Which lives are worth telling, and who is authorized to tell them? ... Read more

Contributors are David Arnold, Stuart Blackburn, Sudipta Kaviraj, Barbara D. Metcalf, Kirin Narayan, Francesca Orsini, Jonathan P. Parry, Jean-Luc Racine, Josiane Racine, David Shulman, and Sylvia Vatuk.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253217271
SKU
V9780253217271
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Unknown
David Arnold is Professor of South Asian History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Stuart Blackburn is Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Reviews for Telling Lives in India: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History
"This book serves as a window into the rich and revealing lives and self-representations of the particular individuals who have produced the life histories. In so doing, it makes very important broader points about the use of life histories in social science research in general and in the study of South Asian social-cultural life in particular."
Sarah Lamb

Goodreads reviews for Telling Lives in India: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History


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