The Words of Selves: Identification, Solidarity, Irony

by Denise Riley

Book Overview

Marlene Dietrich had the last line in Orson Welles's A Touch of Evil: "What does it matter what you say about other people?" The author ponders the question: What does it matter what you say about yourself? She wonders why the requirement to be a something-or-other should be so hard to satisfy in a manner that rings true in the ears of its own subject. She decides that some hesitations and awkwardness in inhabiting many categories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804739110
• ISBN13: 9780804739115
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"