Pop Life
An Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Rak (0000-0001-8470-3202, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-331 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.38.3.325 |
| OpenAlex | W4249195431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
This collection of essays deals with an important form of representation in American culture today: popular auto/biography. Popular auto/biographical discourse appears in a dizzying array of forms in North America, including personal documentaries, graphic books, song lyrics, personal zines, and celebrity memoirs. It is worth considering that, during a time when it is becoming hard for the general public to trust political and spiritual leaders, auto/biographical representations by celebrities and by “ordinary” Americans are on the rise: there are thousands of memoirs and biographies in print, and memoirs like Tuesdays with Morrie stay at the top of bestseller lists for years at a time. The scholars in this special issue examine a mix of popular and everyday auto/biographical practices and texts—from Eminem to the commemorative monuments of violent acts against women—in order to consider what life narratives mean in a public sphere where, more than ever, the personal is political
Art · Biography · Everyday life · Life writing · Literature · Lyrics · Media studies · Memoir · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Public life · Public sphere · Representation (politics · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |