Screen LibraryThe redemptive self : stories Americans live by /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Revised and Expanded Edition. |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=635b8b2d394c42ae90767f3c49f2b839 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 371 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-354) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199969760 9780199969753 |
| Index Number: | BF697 |
| CLC: | C912.64(712) |
| Contents: | Prologue how to be good in America -- Redemption and the American soul -- The generative adult -- Life stories -- How the story begins : the chosen people -- My good inner self : from Emerson to Oprah -- God bless America -- Black (and white) -- Contaminated plots, vicious circles -- When redemption fails -- Obama versus Bush : competing stories of redemption -- Culture, narrative, and the self -- Epilogue final thoughts and confessions -- Notes -- References -- Index. |