The American Survival Memoir
Maren Emde
ISBN 10: 3837681505 ISBN 13: 9783837681505
Published by Transcript Jul 2026, 2026
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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. 318 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9783837681505
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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.
About the Author: Maren Emde (Dr.) koordiniert Forschung und Transfer in den Gesundheitswissenschaften an der Universität Bremen. Zuvor promovierte sie an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz im Fach Amerikanistik mit der Dissertation »The Survival Memoir: Reading and Writing in Survivor Culture«.
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Title: The American Survival Memoir
Publisher: Transcript Jul 2026
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu