In the field of life writing studies in China,Dr.Margaretta Jolly is well received for her epic reference book The Encyclopedia of Life Writing(2001).Her scholarly orientation joins life writing studies with feminism,...In the field of life writing studies in China,Dr.Margaretta Jolly is well received for her epic reference book The Encyclopedia of Life Writing(2001).Her scholarly orientation joins life writing studies with feminism,within the broad interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies.For that purpose she concentrates on exploring subgenres such as letter writing,email,oral history and biography with years of endeavor.Hence she is currently found working with scholars at China Women’s University in Beijing on comparing women’s oral history in the UK and China.Our editor invited Dr Jolly early this year to express her views on the development of life writing studies in contemporary academia.展开更多
Greetings and Aloha to the friends of the Journal of Modern Life Writing Studies,on this joyous occasion.As the co-editor of Biography:An Interdisciplinary Quarterly for thirty years,and one of the people responsible ...Greetings and Aloha to the friends of the Journal of Modern Life Writing Studies,on this joyous occasion.As the co-editor of Biography:An Interdisciplinary Quarterly for thirty years,and one of the people responsible for its forty-five year history,I am very familiar with what it takes to sustain an academic publication for a single year,let alone ten!Your entire editorial staff are to be congratulated,with special notice extended to my greatly-valued colleagues and lifewriting visionaries,Professors Yang and Liu.展开更多
文摘In the field of life writing studies in China,Dr.Margaretta Jolly is well received for her epic reference book The Encyclopedia of Life Writing(2001).Her scholarly orientation joins life writing studies with feminism,within the broad interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies.For that purpose she concentrates on exploring subgenres such as letter writing,email,oral history and biography with years of endeavor.Hence she is currently found working with scholars at China Women’s University in Beijing on comparing women’s oral history in the UK and China.Our editor invited Dr Jolly early this year to express her views on the development of life writing studies in contemporary academia.
文摘Greetings and Aloha to the friends of the Journal of Modern Life Writing Studies,on this joyous occasion.As the co-editor of Biography:An Interdisciplinary Quarterly for thirty years,and one of the people responsible for its forty-five year history,I am very familiar with what it takes to sustain an academic publication for a single year,let alone ten!Your entire editorial staff are to be congratulated,with special notice extended to my greatly-valued colleagues and lifewriting visionaries,Professors Yang and Liu.