Genre theory and practice in narrative journalism: The dark picaresque in Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed (2001)
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Published online on June 04, 2025
Abstract
Journalism, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1270-1286, May 2026.
By centering on the category known as the picaresque—a label commonly applied to an episodic, satirical narrative depicting the misadventures of a rogue or vagabond—this essay investigates the cross-disciplinary concept of genre in the study of longform ...
By centering on the category known as the picaresque—a label commonly applied to an episodic, satirical narrative depicting the misadventures of a rogue or vagabond—this essay investigates the cross-disciplinary concept of genre in the study of longform ...