Abstract
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.
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