1st Edition
A Healing Art: Regeneration Through Autobiography
By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Copyright 1990
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1990. Many post-World War I autobiographies focus on episodes of crisis. In a century torn by global strife and breakdown of cultural institutions, autobiography provides a way of recovering from crisis and restructuring reality–a healing act that involves the writer in a "wrestle with words and meanings" that can be deeply regenerative. Narration can be a way of purging... Read more
Introduction: Autobiography in Our Time 1. Writing to Heal 2. Remembering and Imagining 3. Silence and Words 4. Questions and Answers 5. Forming and Transforming 6. Being Alone and Being Connected
Biography
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre is Professor of medical humanities at the University of California, Berkeley - Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society.
