LEADER 02876nam 22005895 450 001 9910299999303321 005 20230810192739.0 010 $a3-319-69602-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-69602-7 035 $a(CKB)4340000000223497 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-69602-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5591523 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000223497 100 $a20171114d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary American Memoirs in Action $eHow to Do Things with Memoir /$fby Jane Danielewicz 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 135 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Literature Readings in the 21st Century,$x2634-5803 311 $a3-319-69601-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Introduction -- 2 Reflecting -- 3 Voicing -- 4 Reckoning -- 5 Advocating -- 6 Witnessing. 330 $aThis book analyzes a collection of literary memoirs to demonstrate how this genre is an avenue for participation in public life.  Writers are repurposing the memoir, a genre known for its personal and expressive function, to engage in debate and serve political goals.  The chapters provide case studies for memoir as social action that effects change by looking at the writing of Joan Didion, John Edgar Wideman, James McBride, M. Elaine Mar, Janisse Ray, Lucy Grealy, and Ann Patchett. Drawing on theories of genre and agency, Danielewicz asserts how these writers are acting pragmatically. Memoirs contribute to democratic society by offering solutions, creating new knowledge, revealing social trends, bringing issues to light, creating empathy and connection, and changing public opinion. . 410 0$aAmerican Literature Readings in the 21st Century,$x2634-5803 606 $aAmerica$xLiteratures 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterature, Modern$x20th century 606 $aLiterature, Modern$x21st century 606 $aNorth American Literature 606 $aLiterary Theory 606 $aContemporary Literature 615 0$aAmerica$xLiteratures. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$x20th century. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$x21st century. 615 14$aNorth American Literature. 615 24$aLiterary Theory. 615 24$aContemporary Literature. 676 $a810.9352664 700 $aDanielewicz$b Jane$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0988767 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299999303321 996 $aContemporary American Memoirs in Action$92260848 997 $aUNINA