Notes from a Native Daughter
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Notes from a Native Daughter is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on California’s history, culture, and identity, collected in her influential nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Notes from a Native Daughter canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| collection | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| genre |
literary essay
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| includedIn | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
influential work on California’s cultural mythology
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key essay in Joan Didion’s early nonfiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American West
NERFINISHED
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California NERFINISHED ⓘ California culture ⓘ California history ⓘ regional identity ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| periodOfComposition | 1960s ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
NERFINISHED
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The White Album NERFINISHED ⓘ Where I Was From NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
California
NERFINISHED
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Sacramento Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
American literature courses
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California studies courses ⓘ nonfiction writing courses ⓘ |
| theme |
American identity
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disillusionment ⓘ family history ⓘ memory and place ⓘ myth of California ⓘ regional mythmaking ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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reflective ⓘ |
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