Towards ‘New Memoir’: Ira Wagler’s Ex-Amish Life Narrative Growing Up Amish

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Towards ‘New Memoir’: Ira Wagler’s Ex-Amish Life Narrative Growing Up Amish. / Völz, Sabrina.
in: American Studies Journal, Jahrgang 63, 6, 25.10.2017.

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title = "Towards {\textquoteleft}New Memoir{\textquoteright}: Ira Wagler{\textquoteright}s Ex-Amish Life Narrative Growing Up Amish",
abstract = "Memoir writing has become a space of empowerment for those whose voices have been silenced, misrepresented, or not yet understood by the mainstream. Ira Wagler{\textquoteright}s New York Times bestseller, Growing Up Amish (2011), can be viewed as a further extension of the body of literature that focuses on oppression, agency, and survival. In this essay I will survey universal literary themes in Wagler{\textquoteright}s ex-Amish memoir—such as the father-son and identity conflicts—and situate them in Old Order Amish cultural contexts. I will further explore relevant genre conventions—including Patrick Madden{\textquoteright}s theory of {\textquoteleft}new memoir{\textquoteright} from 2014—as well as the narrating I{\textquoteright}s voice that reflect the Old Order Amish concept of Gelassenheit and the virtue of humility.",
keywords = "North American Studies, Amish, Memoir, Identity Construction, Religious Minority, Ira Wagler, Amish Studies, Ex-Amish, Literature studies, Memoir, Identit{\"a}t, Memoir, Memory",
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