Sidonie Smith

Sidonie Smith is the Lorna G. Goodison Distinguished University Professor Emerita of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. She is known for her work on autobiography studies, narrative and human rights, feminist theories, and women’s studies in literature.

Education

Smith earned her undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in April 1966 and her master’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan in December 1966. In 1971, she received her doctorate in English Literature from Case Western Reserve University.^[1]

Career

Smith taught at the University of Arizona from 1973 until 1983. From 1983-1996 she worked at Binghamton University, where she served as interim deal from 1987 until 1990. Smith moved to the University of Michigan in 1996 where she was a full professor in the women's studies program. In 2017 she was named the Lorna G. Goodison Distinguished University Professor of English and Women’s Studies.^[1]

Smith served as president for the Modern Language Association from 2010 to 2011.^[2]

Selected publications

Smith, Sidonie; Walker, Robert H. (1974). Where I'm Bound: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black Autobiography. Bloomsbury Publishing. ^[3]
Smith, Sidonie (1987). A Poetics of Women's Autobiography. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana Univ. Press. ISBN 0-253-20443-7. ^[4]
Smith, Sidonie (1993). Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.^[5]
Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2002). Interfaces. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06814-2.^[6]
Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2004). Human Rights and Narrated Lives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. doi:10.1057/9781403973665. ISBN 978-1-4039-6495-3. ^[7]
Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2010). Reading Autobiography. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-6986-8. OCLC 559860857.
Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2012). "Witness or False Witness?: Metrics of Authenticity, Collective I-Formations, and the Ethic of Verification in First-Person Testimony". Biography. 35 (4): 590–626. ISSN 0162-4962.
Smith, Sidonie Ann (2015-11-25). Manifesto for the Humanities. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-07304-4.
Smith, Sidonie; Watson, Julia (2024). Reading Autobiography Now. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 1-5179-1688-7.

References

^ ^a ^b "Sidonie Smith 2018 CV" (PDF). University of Michigan.
^ "The One Hundred Thirty-Four Presidents". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^
Reviews of Where I'm Bound
- Jones, Howard (1975). "Review of WHERE I'M BOUND: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Studies. 16 (2): 94–94. ISSN 0026-3079.
- Baker, Houston A. (1975). "Review of Where I'm Bound: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Literature. 47 (2): 296–298. doi:10.2307/2925505. ISSN 0002-9831.
- Swetnam, Susan Hendricks (1999). "Review of Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader". Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 53 (1): 135–137. doi:10.2307/1347974. ISSN 0361-1299.
^
Reviews of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography
- Helle, Anita Plath (1988). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". NWSA Journal. 1 (2): 324–326. ISSN 1040-0656.
- Straub, Kristina (1989). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". Criticism. 31 (2): 207–212. ISSN 0011-1589.
^
Reviews of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body
- Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Biography. 17 (4): 405–408. ISSN 0162-4962.
- Frey, Olivia (1995). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 14 (1): 170–173. doi:10.2307/464254. ISSN 0732-7730.
- Heller, Ergá (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Poetics Today. 15 (3): 501–502. doi:10.2307/1773325. ISSN 0333-5372.
^
Reviews of Interfaces
- Pullen, Kirsten (2005). "Review of Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance". Theatre Journal. 57 (1): 151–152. ISSN 0192-2882.
- Friedman, Ellen G. (2003). "Review of Interfaces: Women/Autobiography/Image/Performance". Biography. 26 (4): 712–719. ISSN 0162-4962.
^
Reviews of Human Rights and Narrated Lives
- Coullie, Judith Lütge (2006). Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (eds.). "Put to Rights: Testimony, Witnessing and Human Rights in Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". English in Africa. 33 (1): 137–149. ISSN 0376-8902.
- Jolly, Margaretta; Jolly, Richard (2006). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Human Rights Quarterly. 28 (3): 780–783. ISSN 0275-0392.
- Mauldin, Ryan (2009). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Comparative Literature Studies. 46 (1): 206–209. ISSN 0010-4132.

External links

Sidonie Smith publications indexed by Google Scholar

[:0-1] "Sidonie Smith 2018 CV" (PDF). University of Michigan.

[2] "The One Hundred Thirty-Four Presidents". Modern Language Association. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[3] Reviews of Where I'm Bound
Jones, Howard (1975). "Review of WHERE I'M BOUND: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Studies. 16 (2): 94–94. ISSN 0026-3079.

Baker, Houston A. (1975). "Review of Where I'm Bound: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Literature. 47 (2): 296–298. doi:10.2307/2925505. ISSN 0002-9831.

Swetnam, Susan Hendricks (1999). "Review of Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader". Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 53 (1): 135–137. doi:10.2307/1347974. ISSN 0361-1299.

[4] Jones, Howard (1975). "Review of WHERE I'M BOUND: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Studies. 16 (2): 94–94. ISSN 0026-3079.

[5] Baker, Houston A. (1975). "Review of Where I'm Bound: Patterns of Slavery and Freedom in Black American Autobiography". American Literature. 47 (2): 296–298. doi:10.2307/2925505. ISSN 0002-9831.

[6] Swetnam, Susan Hendricks (1999). "Review of Women, Autobiography, Theory: A Reader". Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 53 (1): 135–137. doi:10.2307/1347974. ISSN 0361-1299.

[4] Reviews of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography
Helle, Anita Plath (1988). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". NWSA Journal. 1 (2): 324–326. ISSN 1040-0656.

Straub, Kristina (1989). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". Criticism. 31 (2): 207–212. ISSN 0011-1589.

[8] Helle, Anita Plath (1988). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". NWSA Journal. 1 (2): 324–326. ISSN 1040-0656.

[9] Straub, Kristina (1989). "Review of A Poetics of Women's Autobiography: Marginality and the Fictions of Self-Representation". Criticism. 31 (2): 207–212. ISSN 0011-1589.

[5] Reviews of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body
Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Biography. 17 (4): 405–408. ISSN 0162-4962.

Frey, Olivia (1995). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 14 (1): 170–173. doi:10.2307/464254. ISSN 0732-7730.

Heller, Ergá (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Poetics Today. 15 (3): 501–502. doi:10.2307/1773325. ISSN 0333-5372.

[11] Peterson, Linda H. (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Biography. 17 (4): 405–408. ISSN 0162-4962.

[12] Frey, Olivia (1995). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 14 (1): 170–173. doi:10.2307/464254. ISSN 0732-7730.

[13] Heller, Ergá (1994). "Review of Subjectivity, Identity, and the Body: Women's Autobiographical Practices in the Twentieth Century". Poetics Today. 15 (3): 501–502. doi:10.2307/1773325. ISSN 0333-5372.

[6] Reviews of Interfaces
Pullen, Kirsten (2005). "Review of Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance". Theatre Journal. 57 (1): 151–152. ISSN 0192-2882.

Friedman, Ellen G. (2003). "Review of Interfaces: Women/Autobiography/Image/Performance". Biography. 26 (4): 712–719. ISSN 0162-4962.

[15] Pullen, Kirsten (2005). "Review of Interfaces: Women, Autobiography, Image, Performance". Theatre Journal. 57 (1): 151–152. ISSN 0192-2882.

[16] Friedman, Ellen G. (2003). "Review of Interfaces: Women/Autobiography/Image/Performance". Biography. 26 (4): 712–719. ISSN 0162-4962.

[7] Reviews of Human Rights and Narrated Lives
Coullie, Judith Lütge (2006). Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (eds.). "Put to Rights: Testimony, Witnessing and Human Rights in Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". English in Africa. 33 (1): 137–149. ISSN 0376-8902.

Jolly, Margaretta; Jolly, Richard (2006). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Human Rights Quarterly. 28 (3): 780–783. ISSN 0275-0392.

Mauldin, Ryan (2009). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Comparative Literature Studies. 46 (1): 206–209. ISSN 0010-4132.

[18] Coullie, Judith Lütge (2006). Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (eds.). "Put to Rights: Testimony, Witnessing and Human Rights in Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". English in Africa. 33 (1): 137–149. ISSN 0376-8902.

[19] Jolly, Margaretta; Jolly, Richard (2006). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Human Rights Quarterly. 28 (3): 780–783. ISSN 0275-0392.

[20] Mauldin, Ryan (2009). "Review of Human Rights and Narrated Lives: The Ethics of Recognition". Comparative Literature Studies. 46 (1): 206–209. ISSN 0010-4132.

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