{"product_id":"negotiated-memory-julie-rak-9780774810302","title":"Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Doukhobors, Russian-speaking immigrants who arrived in Canada beginning in 1899, are known primarily to the Canadian public through the sensationalist images of them as nude protestors, anarchists, and religious fanatics - representations largely propagated by government commissions and the Canadian media. In \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Memory, \u003c\/i\u003e Julie Rak examines the ways in which autobiographical strategies have been employed by the Doukhobors themselves in order to retell and reclaim their own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from oral interviews, court documents, government reports, prison diaries, and media accounts, Rak demonstrates how the Doukhobors employed both \"classic\" and alternative forms of autobiography to communicate their views about communal living, vegetarianism, activism, and spiritual life, as well as to pass on traditions to successive generations. More than a historical work, this book brings together recent theories concerning subjectivity, autobiography, and identity, and shows how Doukhobor autobiographical discourse forms a series of ongoing negotiations for identity and collective survival that are sometimes successful and sometimes not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn innovative study, \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Memory\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to those interested in autobiography studies as well as to historians, literary critics, and students and scholars of Canadian cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Rak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774810300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774810302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Julie Rak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086848635135,"sku":"9780774810302","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4533b54c-0c5a-4b6e-b0d4-5a7588e81aa5.jpg?v=1769096938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/negotiated-memory-julie-rak-9780774810302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}