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  • The Part and the Whole in Early American Literature, Print Culture, and Art

    Series series Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850
    The essays in this pathbreaking collection consider the significance of varied early American fragmentary genres and practices—from diaries and poetry, to almanacs and commonplace books, to sermons and lists, to Indigenous ruins and other material shards and fragments—often overlooked by critics in a scholarly privileging of the “whole.” Contributors from literary studies, book history, and visual ... Read more

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  • Trump and Autobiography

    Corporate Culture, Political Rhetoric, and Interpretation

    Series series Routledge Focus on Literature
    The 1970s and 1980s heralded the rise of neoliberalism in United States culture, fundamentally reshaping life and work in the United States. Corporate culture increasingly penetrated other aspects of American life through popular press CEO autobiographies and management books that encouraged individuals to understand their lives in corporate terms. Propelled into the public eye by the publication ... Read more

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  • Gen X at Middle Age in Popular Culture

    Series series Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation
    Born roughly between 1964 and 1980, Generation X has received much less critical attention than the two generations that precede and follow it: the Baby Boomers and Millennials. This essay collection examines representations of Generation X in contemporary popular culture, including in television, movies, music, and internet sources. Drawing on generational theory, cultural studies theory, race ... Read more

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