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The (De)Evolution of a Genre: Pain Memoirs and Sequential Reading as an Ethical Practice
- Biography
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 38, Number 1, Winter 2015
- pp. 118-134
- 10.1353/bio.2015.0000
- Article
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This article traces how postfeminism, an ideology that celebrates consumerism and disavows feminism, has influenced the evolution of the breast cancer memoir. Paratexts surrounding three twenty-first century breast cancer memoirs are discussed to show how retailers and corporate cause marketers have in some instances impeded the delivery of feminist messages in some of these works.