G. Thomas Couser
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Memoir: An Introduction
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2012
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8 editions
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Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing
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1997
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6 editions
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Signifying Bodies: Disability in Contemporary Life Writing
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2009
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7 editions
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Vulnerable Subjects: Ethics and Life Writing
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2003
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7 editions
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Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives
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Letter to My Father
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Altered Egos: Authority in American Autobiography
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published
1989
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5 editions
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True Relations: Essays on Autobiography and the Postmodern
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1998
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5 editions
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American Autobiography: The Prophetic Mode
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1979
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3 editions
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Body Language: Narrating illness and disability
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“From the cover blurb on the University of Wisconsin Press edition, writer unknown:
Discussing memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, essays, and other forms of life writing, G. Thomas Couser shows that these books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are a means for individuals to recover their bodies (or those of loved ones) from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse. Responding to the recent growth of illness and disability narratives in the United States....”
― Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing
Discussing memoirs, diaries, collaborative narratives, photo documentaries, essays, and other forms of life writing, G. Thomas Couser shows that these books are not primarily records of medical conditions; they are a means for individuals to recover their bodies (or those of loved ones) from marginalization and impersonal medical discourse. Responding to the recent growth of illness and disability narratives in the United States....”
― Recovering Bodies: Illness, Disability, and Life Writing
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