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A complete overview of an innovative and analytical author who rose from poverty.

Wideman, John Edgar --- Criticism and interpretation.

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African American criminals --- Brothers --- Wideman, John Edgar. --- Wideman, Robert Douglas,

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Authors, American --- African American authors --- Fathers and sons --- African American men --- Wideman, John Edgar --- United States

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Les trois auteurs dont il est question dans cet ouvrage, originaires de lieux différents, auteurs de langues et de cultures différentes, sont cependant réunis par une situation historique et politique (celle de sujets post-coloniaux ou néo-coloniaux) dont le point commun est qu'ils sont tous issus de la "traversée du milieu". Pris dans ce noeud historique, ils témoignent d'une difficulté, à la fois universelle et singulière, à penser leur discours et leur expérience dans le champ d'une loi symbolique et d'une filiation.

Literature, Modern --- Literature - General --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Glissant, Édouard, --- Naipaul, V. S. --- Wideman, John Edgar --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation.

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This book analyzes a collection of literary memoirs to demonstrate how this genre is an avenue for participation in public life.  Writers are repurposing the memoir, a genre known for its personal and expressive function, to engage in debate and serve political goals.  The chapters provide case studies for memoir as social action that effects change by looking at the writing of Joan Didion, John Edgar Wideman, James McBride, M. Elaine Mar, Janisse Ray, Lucy Grealy, and Ann Patchett. Drawing on theories of genre and agency, Danielewicz asserts how these writers are acting pragmatically. Memoirs contribute to democratic society by offering solutions, creating new knowledge, revealing social trends, bringing issues to light, creating empathy and connection, and changing public opinion. .

Philosophy --- Linguistics --- American literature --- Literature --- geletterdheid --- filosofie --- literatuur --- memoires --- McBride, James --- Mar, M. Elaine --- Ray, Janisse --- Grealy, Lucy --- Pratchett, Ann --- Didion, Joan --- Wideman, John Edgar --- anno 1900-1999 --- America