Justifiable Conduct: Self-Vindication in Memoir

by Erich Goode

Book Overview

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 can't empathize or identify with them? In Justifiable Conduct, renowned sociologist Erich Goode explores the different strategies memoirists use to neutralize their supposed wrongdoing and fashion a more positive image of themselves for audiences. He examines how writers, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143991026X
• ISBN13: 9781439910269
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 8.5"