Skin flint (or, the garbage man’s kid): A generative autobiographical performance based on Tami Spry’s tattoo stories

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-114

  Alexander, Bryant Keith ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical performance; Cultural critique; Generative grammar; Personal narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993795522     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930009366286     Document Type: Article

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