The memorialization of southern poor white men's labor in rick bragg's memoir trilogy

Robertson, Sarah

Abstract

This article explores the ways that Rick Bragg memorializes poor white men's labor across his memoir trilogy, examining the tensions that arise as he attempts to bring poor whites into the center of the southern community. I consider the neo-Agrarian strains within his work, as well as Bragg's responses to the globalization of the region. The work addresses the absences within the South's memorial landscape, and questions the extent to which Bragg's work addresses those gaps. © 2012 Cambridge University Press.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2013
• Journal: Journal of American Studies
• Print ISSN: 0021-8758
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-5154
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 459-474
• APA6 Citation: Robertson, S. (2013). The memorialization of southern poor white men's labor in rick bragg's memoir trilogy. Journal of American Studies, 47(2), 459-474. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875812001302
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875812001302
• Keywords: Rick Bragg, memoir, southern poor white men, labor
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021875812001302