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The Afterlife of the Life History[Journal of Narrative and Life History 2:1] 1992
► pp. 39–47
[Journal of Narrative and Life History 2:1] 1992
► pp. 39–47
Writing Kwaio Life Histories
Issues of Authorship and Politics
Abstract This article discusses the two ends of the life-history process: the reasons for its undertaking and the research assumptions these engender, and the impact of the published account on readers. In doing so, I draw on my own experience in the research and writing of Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling woman (Gmelch, 1986/1991) and upon the responses of Traveller and non-Traveller readers to this life history. (Ethnographic research; life-history interviewing, editing, and narra-tive construction; literary criticism)
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