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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Studies in Culture and Society</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Studies in Culture and Society</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Studies in Culture and Society</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2576-9782</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2998-8292</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Science and Innovation Center Publishing House</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">392469</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12731/2576-9782-2025-9-4-316</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">VRCAAL</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Theory and History of Culture, Art</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Теория и история культуры, искусства</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Some specific features of American entrepreneurs’ memoirs</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Имманентные свойства мемуаров американских предпринимателей</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3413-3829</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1620-6232</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Efremov</surname><given-names>Bogdan V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ефремов</surname><given-names>Богдан Вячеславович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Postgraduate Student</p> <p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант</p> <p> </p></bio><email>bogdan.efremov.2000@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский Мордовский государственный университет им. Н. П. Огарева</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-12-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>120</fpage><lpage>138</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-03-10"><day>10</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Efremov B.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Ефремов Б.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Efremov B.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ефремов Б.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9782/article/view/392469">https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9782/article/view/392469</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background. </bold>The article considers American entrepreneurs’ memoirs of the late 18th – early 20th centuries. Such study has never been conducted previously, which determines the scientific novelty of the article. The relevance of this study stems from the increased popularity of business memoirs among readers and researchers over the past twenty years.</p> <p><bold>The aim of the work</bold> is to identify the specific properties of business memoirs as a genre modification.</p> <p><bold>Materials and methods.</bold> The following methods were used: typological, historical-genetic, and biographical research methods. A comprehensive cultural approach allows us to examine business memoirs taking into account both the cultural specifics of the American nation as a whole and the cultural values of American business representatives.</p> <p><bold>Results.</bold> Based on an analysis of cultural and historical events in the United States in the 19th century, the preconditions for the emergence of business memoirs as a genre modification are determined. The study resulted in the formation of a system of stable characteristics of memoir literature, and the identification of the specific properties of business memoirs. It has been established that "image" is a genre-defining cultural feature of this type of memoir writing, as it determines such properties of business memoirs as didacticism, professionalism, the separation of the personal and public aspects, and the business model.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> В статье рассматриваются мемуарные произведения американских предпринимателей конца XVIII – начала XX вв. Подобное исследование ранее не проводилось, что определяет научную новизну статьи. Актуальность исследования обусловлена возросшей популярностью бизнес-мемуаров за последние двадцать лет среди читателей и исследователей.</p> <p><bold>Целью</bold> является выявление специфических свойств бизнес-мемуаров как жанровой модификации.</p> <p><bold>Материалы и методы.</bold> В работе используются типологический, сравнительно-сопоставительный, историко-генетический методы исследования. Культурологический подход позволяет рассматривать бизнес-мемуары как с учетом культурной специфики американской нации в целом, так и культурных ценностей представителей американского бизнеса.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> На основе анализа культурно-исторических событий в США XIX века, определены предпосылки появления бизнес-мемуаров как жанровой модификации. В результате исследования сформирована система устойчивых характеристик произведений мемуарной литературы, а также выявлены специфические свойства американских бизнес-мемуаров. Установлено, что «имиджевость» является жанроформирующей культурной особенностью данного типа мемуаристики, поскольку она определяет такие свойства бизнес-мемуаров, как дидактичность, профессионализм, разделение личного и общественного, бизнес-модель.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>memoir literature</kwd><kwd>features of business memoirs</kwd><kwd>genre modification</kwd><kwd>public image of an entrepreneur</kwd><kwd>self-presentation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>мемуарная литература</kwd><kwd>свойства бизнес-мемуаров</kwd><kwd>жанровая модификация</kwd><kwd>публичный образ предпринимателя</kwd><kwd>самопрезентация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Agafontseva, E. M. (2006). On the issue of the conceptual and terminological apparatus in works on memoirs. Omsk Scientific Bulletin, 7 (43), 224–227. 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