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Auteur(s) : Goode, Erich (1938-....)
Titre(s) : Justifiable conduct [Texte imprimé] : self-vindication in memoir / Erich Goode
Publication : Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xviii, 199 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction. "Herb Stempel Was the First to Agree to the Fix" / Charles Van Doren
; "If We Explain We're Shooting Beaver, They'll Understand" / Jim Bouton ; The Transgressive
I, the Exculpatory Account. Autobiography and Memoir. Memoir and Autobiography ;
The Memoir Explosion ; Literal Facticity: Does It Matter? ; "I Honestly Have No Idea"
/ James Frey. ; Autonarrating Transgression. The "I" and the "Me" ; Vocabularies
of Motive ; Is to Explain to Condone? ; The Presentation of Self ; Accounts ; Techniques
of Neutralization: Theory or Concept? ; To Whom Are Self-Exculpations Addressed? ;
In Sum: Neutralizing Deviance. ; Criminal Behavior. "This Is How I Earned My Living"
/ Joe Bonanno ; "What Else Could I Do?" / Edward Bunker ; "If You Behave like a Man,
You Are Doomed" / Jack Henry Abbott ; "
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"How do memoirists make their work interesting, daring, exciting, and unorthodox enough
so that they attract an audience, yet not so heinous and scandalous that their readers
are unable to empathize or identify with them? In Justifiable Conduct, renowned sociologist
Erich Goode explores the different strategies memoirists use to "neutralize" their
alleged wrongdoing and fashion a more positive image of themselves for audiences.
He examines how writers, including James Frey, Susan Cheever, Roman Polanski, Charles
Van Doren and Elia Kazan, explain, justify, contextualize, excuse, or warrant their
participation in activities such as criminal behavior, substance abuse, sexual transgressions,
and political radicalism. Using a theory of deviance neutralization, Goode assesses
the types of behavior exhibited by these memoirists to draw out generic narratives
that are most effective in attempting to absolve the actor-author. Despite the highly
individualistic and variable lives of these writers, Goode demonstrates that memoirists
use a conventional vocabulary for their unconventional behavior."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Déviance -- Histoire
Déviance -- Dans la littérature -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781439910252 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1439910251 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9781439910269 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 143991026X (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9781439910276 (erroné) (e-book). - ISBN 1439910278 (erroné) (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43614563c
Notice n° :
FRBNF43614563
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