{"product_id":"memorys-stories","title":"Memory's Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory's Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is an interdisciplinary analysis of multicultural life narratives. The author created an innovative schema to evaluate classic and contemporary texts, synthesizing theoretical perspectives from psychology, literary theory, feminist and multicultural studies. The schema is based on his fifteen years of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, such as \"Multicultural Autobiographies\" and \"Psychology, Multicultural Narratives, and Religion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One introduces the author's schema and explores Saint Augustine's \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e. Chapter Two uses Erik Erikson's psychosocial development theory to examine Thomas Merton's \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Storey Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e. In Chapter Three, the author evaluates \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e, using William James's psychology of religion framework. Feminist literary theorists, like Sidonie Smith, provide the critical tools for Chapter Four and Maxine Hong Kingston's \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e. In Chapter Five, with Dan McAdams's life story model of identity, the author analyzes three serial autobiographies by Richard Rodriguez: \u003ci\u003eHunger of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDays of Obligation\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e. Chapter Six synthesizes recent interdisciplinary scholarship on redemption stories, innovative composition strategies, and cognitive science research on autobiographical memory, evaluating James McBride's auto\/biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Water\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233575227736,"sku":"9780761837633","price":62.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780761837633_feaa896a-d5e5-47f7-a094-72d7ea815f41.jpg?v=1769790634","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/memorys-stories","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}