| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 356 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Life writing
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Life writing series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"It's about the history and development of memoirs and autobiographies by famous Canadian women -- such as L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Trudeau, and Shania Twain -- and the roles that gender and nation have played in the rise to fame and in writing about that experience."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction From Clara Morris to Clara Hughes: The Tricky Business of Being a Famous Woman -- PART ONE Contexts -- Chapter 1 The Changing Faces of Fame in Canada -- PART TWO Voices -- Chapter 2 Strictly Professional: An Age of Image Control, 1890-1930 -- Chapter 3 The Rise of the Private Life: When Offstage Moved Onstage, 1930-1980 -- Chapter 4 More Visible and Valuable Than Ever Before: Celebrity Lives in the Limelight, 1990s+ -- Coda: Is There a Future for Celebrity Autobiography in a Digital Age? -- Notes |
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Primary Sources by Year of Publication -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Autobiography -- Women authors.
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Autobiography -- Women authors. |
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Celebrities -- Canada -- Biography.
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Celebrities. |
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Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Canada -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Biography. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Katja, 1977- Limelight. Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020 1771124296 9781771124294 (OCoLC)1086080364 |
| ISBN |
1771124318 electronic book |
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9781771124300 electronic book |
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177112430X electronic book |
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9781771124317 (electronic book) |
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