{"product_id":"the-american-adrenaline-narrative-kristin-j-jacobson-9780820357188","title":"The American Adrenaline Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Adrenaline Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e considers the nature of perilous outdoor adventure tales, their gendered biases, and how they simultaneously promote and hinder ecological sustainability. To explore these themes, Kristin J. Jacobson defines and compares adrenaline narratives by a range of American authors published after the first Earth Day in 1970, a time frame selected as a watershed moment for the contemporary American environmental movement. The forty-plus years since that day also mark the rise in the popularity and marketing of many things as \"extreme,\" including sports, jobs, travel, beverages, gum, makeovers, laundry detergent, and even the environmental movement itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacobson maps the American eco-imagination via adrenaline narratives, grounding them in the traditional literary practice of close reading analysis and in ecofeminism. She surveys a range of popular and lesser-known primary texts by American authors, including best-selling books, such as Jon Krakauer's \u003ci\u003eInto Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e and Aron Ralston's \u003ci\u003eBetween a Rock and a Hard Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and lesser-known texts, such as Patricia C. McCairen's \u003ci\u003eCanyon Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, Eddy L. Harris's \u003ci\u003eMississippi Solo\u003c\/i\u003e, and Stacy Allison's \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Limits\u003c\/i\u003e. She also discusses such narratives as they appear in print and online articles and magazines, feature-length and short films, television shows, amateur videos, social networking site posts, fiction, advertising, and blogs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacobson contends that these stories constitute a distinctive genre because--unlike traditional nature, travel, and sports writing-- adrenaline narratives sustain heightened risk or the element of the \"extreme\" within a natural setting. Additionally, these narratives provide important insight into the American environmental imagination's connection to masculinity and adventure--knowledge that helps us grasp the current climate crisis and how narrative understanding provides a needed intervention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin J. Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820357189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820357188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Kristin J. Jacobson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48112976003327,"sku":"9780820357188","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48b3ad86-7c47-42ac-9cb6-aefb2a873212.jpg?v=1769612219","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-adrenaline-narrative-kristin-j-jacobson-9780820357188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}