Writing about Lives in Science: (Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre (Interfacing Science, Literature, and the Humanities, Bd.9) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 384710263X ISBN 13: 9783847102632

Verlag: V&R Unipress, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women s lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism.

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Zelda Alice Franceschi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bologna. She is the author of books and articles on life stories/autobiographies in the history of anthropology, the Wichí population of Misíon Nueva Pompeya (Argentina), and on gender issues.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: V&R Unipress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 384710263X
• ISBN 13: 9783847102632
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 287
• Herausgeber: Paola Govoni, Zelda Franceschi
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