Where I Was From
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"Where I Was From" is a nonfiction book by Joan Didion that blends memoir, history, and cultural criticism to examine the myths and realities of California and her own family’s place within it.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Where I Was From canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
intersection of private memory and public history
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myths of the American West ⓘ relationship between place and personal identity ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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history ⓘ memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays on California’s infrastructure projects
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essays on Didion’s pioneer ancestors ⓘ essays on contemporary California politics ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disillusionment with regional myths
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environmental change ⓘ family legacy ⓘ myth versus reality of California ⓘ nostalgia and critique ⓘ political culture of California ⓘ social and economic transformation ⓘ tension between memory and history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
essay
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personal narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American West
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American individualism ⓘ California NERFINISHED ⓘ California Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ California history ⓘ California identity ⓘ Didion family history ⓘ economic change in California ⓘ family memory ⓘ frontier mythology ⓘ place and identity ⓘ regional mythmaking ⓘ suburban development in California ⓘ water politics in California ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
California
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Los Angeles ⓘ Sacramento Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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