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04071aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 F2DA5722323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211021010114 008 160701t20112011onc b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016387956 020 $a 1554583322 020 $a 9781554583324 020 $a 1554583330 020 $a 9781554583331 035 $a (OCoLC)693814279 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d CDX $d IUL $d BDX $d VRC $d OCLCF $d DLM $d UKMGB $d OCLCQ $d DGU $d OCLCQ $d VGM $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a CT25 $b .E356 2011 055 0 $a CT25 $b E357 2011 082 04 $a 920.001 $2 22 100 1 $a Egan, Susanna, $d 1942- $e author. $4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83124968 245 10 $a Burdens of proof : $b faith, doubt, and identity in autobiography / $c Susanna Egan. 264 1 $a Waterloo, Ontario : $b Wilfrid Laurier University Press, $c [2011] 300 $a x, 197 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Life writing series 530 $a Issued also in electronic formats. 520 8 $a "Autobiographical impostures, once they come ot light, appear to us as outrageous, scandalous. They confuse lived and textual identity (the person in the world and the character in the text) and call into question what we believe, what we doubt, and how we receive information. In the process, they tell us a lot about cultural norms and anxieties. 'Burdens of Proof: Faith, Doubt, and Identity in Autobiography' examines a broad range of impostures in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and asks about each one: Why this particular imposture? Why here and now? Susanna Egan surveys texts from early Christendom to the nineteenth century to provide an understanding of the author in relation to the text and to show how plagiarism and other false claims have not always been regarded as the frauds we consider them today. She then explores the role of the media in the creation of much contemporary imposture, examining in particular the cases of Jumana Hanna, Norma Khouri, and James Frey. the book also addresses ethnic imposture, deliberate fictions, plagiarism, and ghostwriting, all of which raise moral, legal, historical, and cultural issues. Egan concludes the volume with an examination of how historiography and law failed to support the identities of European Jews during World War II, creating sufficient instability in Jewish identity and doubt about Jewish wartime experience that the impostor could step in"--Publisher's description, back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Doubting Thomas : the implications of imposture in autobiography -- Faith, doubt, and textual identity -- Sensational identities : made in the media -- "The Song My Paddle Sings" : Gray Owl and ethnic imposture -- "Frautobiogrpahy', or, discourses of deception -- In search of the subject : the disappearance of the Jews -- In conclusion : textual identities at work in the world. 650 0 $a Autobiography $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Impostors and imposture. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064657 650 0 $a Belief and doubt. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013004 650 0 $a Impostors and imposture in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004982 650 7 $a Impostors and imposture in literature. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/968232 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/968232 650 7 $a Autobiography $x Moral and ethical aspects. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822605 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/822605 650 7 $a Belief and doubt. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/830124 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/830124 650 7 $a Impostors and imposture. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/968230 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/968230 830 0 $a Life writing series. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97034915 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021011949.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2DA5722323411EC8B1165C359ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search