Different Lives:Global Perspectives on Biography in Public Cultures and Societies
Internationally acclaimed biographies are almost always written by British or American biographers. But what is the state of the art of biography in other parts of the world? Introduced by Richard Holmes, the volume Different Lives offers a global perspective: seventeen scholars vividly describe the...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/24c28d8b-ecee-4155-993f-4800b079bd6f 2024-06-02T08:09:13+00:00 Different Lives:Global Perspectives on Biography in Public Cultures and Societies Renders, Hans Veltman, David 2020-06-11 https://hdl.handle.net/11370/24c28d8b-ecee-4155-993f-4800b079bd6f https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/24c28d8b-ecee-4155-993f-4800b079bd6f eng eng Brill https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/24c28d8b-ecee-4155-993f-4800b079bd6f urn:ISBN:978-90-04-43497-4 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Renders , H & Veltman , D (eds) 2020 , Different Lives : Global Perspectives on Biography in Public Cultures and Societies . Biography Studies , vol. 1 , Brill . book 2020 ftunigroningenpu 2024-05-07T20:51:07Z Internationally acclaimed biographies are almost always written by British or American biographers. But what is the state of the art of biography in other parts of the world? Introduced by Richard Holmes, the volume Different Lives offers a global perspective: seventeen scholars vividly describe the biographical tradition in their countries of interest. They show how biography functions as a public genre, featuring specific societal issues and opinion-making. Indeed, the volume aims to answer the question: how can biography contribute to a better understanding of differences between societies and cultures? Special attention is given to the US, China and the Netherlands. Other contributions are on Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, and South Africa. Book Iceland University of Groningen research database Canada New Zealand |
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Internationally acclaimed biographies are almost always written by British or American biographers. But what is the state of the art of biography in other parts of the world? Introduced by Richard Holmes, the volume Different Lives offers a global perspective: seventeen scholars vividly describe the biographical tradition in their countries of interest. They show how biography functions as a public genre, featuring specific societal issues and opinion-making. Indeed, the volume aims to answer the question: how can biography contribute to a better understanding of differences between societies and cultures? Special attention is given to the US, China and the Netherlands. Other contributions are on Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, and South Africa. |
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