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245 10 a| American autobiography after 9/11 /c| Megan Brown.;

264 1 a| Madison, Wisconsin :b| The University of Wisconsin Press,c| [2017];

300 a| x, 155 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Wisconsin studies in autobiography;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Keeping it real: "fraud" memoirs and representations of ethnic authenticity -- Learning to live again: contemporary U.S. memoir as biopolitical self-care guide -- Memoirs of empire: encountering difference in the global marketplace -- Babies, blow jobs, and bombs: the bromoir and/as anxiety -- Selling subjectivity: business memoirs as biopolitical management -- The memoir as provocation: a case for "Me Studies" in undergraduate classes -- Afterword.;

520 8 a| In the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, American memoirists have wrestled with a wide range of anxieties in their books. They cope with financial crises, encounter difference, or confront norms of identity. Megan Brown contends that such best sellers as Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love and Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell teach readers how to navigate a confusing, changing world. This lively and theoretically grounded book analyzes twenty-first-century memoirs from Three Cups of Tea to Fun Home, emphasizing the ways in which they reinforce and circulate ideologies, becoming guides or models for living. Brown expands her inquiry beyond books to the autobiographical narratives in reality television and political speeches. She offers a persuasive explanation for the memoir boom: the genre as a response to an era of uncertainty and struggle.;

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American autobiography after 9/11 / Megan Brown.

Author/creator	Brown, Megan author.
Format	Book
Publication	Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
Copyright Date	©2017
Description	x, 155 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Autobiography. American prose literature--History and criticism. --21st century. Authors, American--Biography. --History and criticism. Biography as a literary form.

Series	Wisconsin studies in autobiography Wisconsin studies in autobiography. ^A415583
Contents	Introduction -- Keeping it real: "fraud" memoirs and representations of ethnic authenticity -- Learning to live again: contemporary U.S. memoir as biopolitical self-care guide -- Memoirs of empire: encountering difference in the global marketplace -- Babies, blow jobs, and bombs: the bromoir and/as anxiety -- Selling subjectivity: business memoirs as biopolitical management -- The memoir as provocation: a case for "Me Studies" in undergraduate classes -- Afterword.
Summary	In the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, American memoirists have wrestled with a wide range of anxieties in their books. They cope with financial crises, encounter difference, or confront norms of identity. Megan Brown contends that such best sellers as Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love and Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell teach readers how to navigate a confusing, changing world. This lively and theoretically grounded book analyzes twenty-first-century memoirs from Three Cups of Tea to Fun Home, emphasizing the ways in which they reinforce and circulate ideologies, becoming guides or models for living. Brown expands her inquiry beyond books to the autobiographical narratives in reality television and political speeches. She offers a persuasive explanation for the memoir boom: the genre as a response to an era of uncertainty and struggle.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN	2016014712
ISBN	9780299310301 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0299310302 (cloth : alk. paper)

American autobiography after 9/11 / Megan Brown.

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