Acknowledgments
Pre-Face
The Other's Face Might Be Your Own
Chapter 1: Autobiographical Subjects
Chapter 2: The Gift of Praise
Chapter 3: Panegyrics
Chapter 4: Genre and Gender in the Autobiographical Exchange
Chapter 5: The Politics of Praise
Chapter 6: Aborted Nations
Chapter 7: Terms of Exchange
Post-Face: Selfish Gifts
Notes
Sound Recordings
Works Cited
Index