02876nam 22005895 450 991029999930332120230810192739.03-319-69602-510.1007/978-3-319-69602-7(CKB)4340000000223497(DE-He213)978-3-319-69602-7(MiAaPQ)EBC5591523(EXLCZ)99434000000022349720171114d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContemporary American Memoirs in Action How to Do Things with Memoir /by Jane Danielewicz1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (XI, 135 p.) American Literature Readings in the 21st Century,2634-58033-319-69601-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.1 Introduction -- 2 Reflecting -- 3 Voicing -- 4 Reckoning -- 5 Advocating -- 6 Witnessing.This book analyzes a collection of literary memoirs to demonstrate how this genre is an avenue for participation in public life.  Writers are repurposing the memoir, a genre known for its personal and expressive function, to engage in debate and serve political goals.  The chapters provide case studies for memoir as social action that effects change by looking at the writing of Joan Didion, John Edgar Wideman, James McBride, M. Elaine Mar, Janisse Ray, Lucy Grealy, and Ann Patchett. Drawing on theories of genre and agency, Danielewicz asserts how these writers are acting pragmatically. Memoirs contribute to democratic society by offering solutions, creating new knowledge, revealing social trends, bringing issues to light, creating empathy and connection, and changing public opinion. .American Literature Readings in the 21st Century,2634-5803AmericaLiteraturesLiteraturePhilosophyLiterature, Modern20th centuryLiterature, Modern21st centuryNorth American LiteratureLiterary TheoryContemporary LiteratureAmericaLiteratures.LiteraturePhilosophy.Literature, Modern20th century.Literature, Modern21st century.North American Literature.Literary Theory.Contemporary Literature.810.9352664Danielewicz Janeauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut988767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910299999303321Contemporary American Memoirs in Action2260848UNINA