Maren emde (5 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - How did »survival« become a defining framework for understanding personal hardship in contemporary USA Maren Emde traces the evolution of the survival memoir - a genre born during the 1990s memoir boom. Through an analysis of bestselling memoirs about dysfunctional childhoods, addiction, and divorce by Elizabeth Gilbert, Mary Karr and others, this study reveals how these texts create intimate communities of readers who recognize their own struggles in others' stories. Blending literary analysis with cultural sociology, the volume demonstrates how survival memoirs both reflect and shape »survivor culture« - a therapeutic discourse that increasingly aligns personal resilience with neoliberal self-optimization.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. How did "survival" become a defining framework for understanding personal hardship in contemporary USA? Maren Emde traces the evolution of the survival memoir - a genre born during the 1990s memoir boom. Through an analysis of bestselling memoirs about dysfunctional childhoods, addiction, and divorce by Elizabeth Gilbert, Mary Karr and others, this study reveals how these texts create intimate communities of readers who recognize their own struggles in others' stories. Blending literary analysis with cultural sociology, the volume demonstrates how survival memoirs both reflect and shape "survivor culture" - a therapeutic discourse that increasingly aligns personal resilience with neoliberal self-optimization. Understanding personal suffering in contemporary USA: an analysis of bestselling memoirs and survivor culture. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. How did "survival" become a defining framework for understanding personal hardship in contemporary USA? Maren Emde traces the evolution of the survival memoir - a genre born during the 1990s memoir boom. Through an analysis of bestselling memoirs about dysfunctional childhoods, addiction, and divorce by Elizabeth Gilbert, Mary Karr and others, this study reveals how these texts create intimate communities of readers who recognize their own struggles in others' stories. Blending literary analysis with cultural sociology, the volume demonstrates how survival memoirs both reflect and shape "survivor culture" - a therapeutic discourse that increasingly aligns personal resilience with neoliberal self-optimization. Understanding personal suffering in contemporary USA: an analysis of bestselling memoirs and survivor culture. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…