{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-life-writing-paul-john-eakin-9780801488337","title":"The Ethics of Life Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pervasive culture of confession, combined with the revolution in Internet-based communication, has crowded bookstores with autobiographies and biographies and generated an unprecedented amount of personal exposure. As columnists and reviewers tell us that we live in an age of memoir, life histories are commanding attention in many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology, history, journalism, medicine, and psychology, as well as literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur lives are increasingly on display in public, but the ethical issues involved in presenting such revelations remain largely unexamined. How can life writing do good, and how can it cause harm? The eleven essays in \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Life Writing\u003c\/i\u003e explore such questions. They focus chiefly on autobiography and biography, but their findings apply to all \"life writing\"--the entire class of literature in which people tell life stories. Their forms include case studies, diaries, ethnographies, interviews, and profiles. The essays are enhanced by an introduction that provides an overview of the volume, including a section on life writing vis-à-vis privacy and the law, and an afterword that looks at the essays in relation to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul John Eakin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801488338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801488337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2004 pg. 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/14\/2005 pg. 34","brand":"Paul John Eakin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947177804031,"sku":"9780801488337","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e8e5c2f9-ea84-430f-92dd-1b399a2178aa.jpg?v=1681517182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-life-writing-paul-john-eakin-9780801488337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}