ABSTRACT

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

THE SEDUCTIONS OF BIOGRAPHY

part I|48 pages

MASS MEDIA, BIOGRAPHY, AND CULTURAL MEMORY

chapter |4 pages

Introduclion

chapter 1|18 pages

BISEXUALITY AND CELEBRITY

chapter 2|12 pages

PERSONAL STORIES AND NATIONAL MEANINGS

Memory, Reenactment, and the Image

part II|28 pages

PRIVATE LIVES, PUBLIC FIGURES

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 4|10 pages

READING THE SILENCES IN A GAY LIFE

The Case of Bayard Rustin

chapter 5|6 pages

OUTING HISTORY

chapter 6|8 pages

MICHAEL HARRINGTON

An "Other" American

part III|34 pages

CHANGING THE SUBJECT

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 8|14 pages

RECONSTRUCTING ENTERPRISE

Madam Walker Black Womanhood, and the Transformation of the American Culture of Success

chapter 9|4 pages

FRIDA KAHLO

Life into Art

part IV|56 pages

WHOSE LIFE IS IT, ANYWAY?

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 10|8 pages

TELLING SECRETS

chapter 13|26 pages

TAKING A LIFE

Hot Pursuit and Cold Rewards in a Mexican Testimonial Novel

part V|38 pages

POSTMODERNISM AND THE POSSIBILITY OF BIOGRAPHY

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 14|6 pages

TELLING THE TELLER

Memoir and Story

chapter 15|16 pages

"CATASTROPHIC ENCOIINTERS"

Postmodern Biography as Witness to History

chapter 16|10 pages

YOUR NEAREST EXTT MAY BE BEHIND YOU

Autobiography and the Post-Modernist Moment