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Vulnerable Subjects

Vulnerable Subjects

Couser, G. Thomas

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0801441854
ISBN13: 9780801441851
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Published: Oct 22 2003
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.18
Language: English

My primary concern is with the ethics of representing vulnerable subjects--persons who are liable to exposure by someone with whom they are involved in an intimate or trust-based relationship, unable to represent themselves in writing, or unable to offer meaningful consent to their representation by someone else.... Of primary importance is intimate life writing--that done within families or couples, close relationships, or quasi-professional relationships that involve trust--rather than conventional biography, which can be written by a stranger. The closer the relationship between writer and subject, the greater the vulnerability or dependency of the subject, the higher the ethical stakes, and the more urgent the need for ethical scrutiny.--from the Preface

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