We tell ourselves stories: Joan Didion and the American dream machine
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New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2025.
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Book
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250 pages ; 24 cm
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English
ISBN:
9781324092612, 1324092610, 9781324092612, 1324092610
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In this riveting cultural biography, New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson examines Joan Didion's influence through the lens of American mythmaking. As a young girl, Didion was infatuated with John Wayne and his on-screen bravado, and was fascinated by her California pioneer ancestry and the infamous Donner Party. The mythos that preoccupied her early years continued to influence her work as a magazine writer and film critic in New York, offering glimmers of the many stories Didion told herself that would come to unravel over the course of her career. But out west, show business beckoned.
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Wilkinson, A. (2025). We tell ourselves stories: Joan Didion and the American dream machine. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wilkinson, Alissa. 2025. We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wilkinson, Alissa, We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wilkinson, Alissa. We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine. Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2025.
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