The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture

by Qi Wang

In this volume, Qi Wang traces the developmental, social, cultural, and historical origins of the autobiographical self - the self that is made of memories of the personal past and of the family and the community. Wang combines rigorous research, sensitive survey of real memories and memory conversations, and fascinating personal anecdotes into a state-of-the-art book. As a "marginal woman" who grew up in the East and works and lives in the West,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199737835
• ISBN13: 9780199737833
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"