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Contributions to the Study of American Literature Ser.: The Immigrant Experience in North American Literature : Carving Out a Niche by Toby Rose and Katherine Payant (1999, Hardcover)

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Although many studies have been done of individual authors, at present few works exist which compare different immigrant literatures from the past and present. Format Hardcover. Health & Beauty.

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Although many studies have been done of individual authors, at present few works exist which compare different immigrant literatures from the past and present. This work draws broad conclusions about the changes in American attitudes toward immigration and diverse cultures that are reflected in the literature. This book examines the representation of the immigrant experience in North American literature. Most of the chapters discuss the portrayal of particular ethnic groups by specific authors during a century of American and Canadian history. One essay highlights controversies among recent writers and critics concerning how their cultures should be portrayed, and the introductory and concluding essays provide historical, cultural, and literary contexts for a comparative approach to North American immigrant literature. The expert contributors expose the reader to a variety of immigrant experiences in the literature of past and present, experiences in which the characters attempt to reconcile their ancestral heritage with that of their adopted land. Variations of three basic stances can be found in these works: the essentialist, rejecting the values of the dominant culture and resisting assimilation; the assimilationist, embracing the attitudes and behaviors of the new culture; and the hybridist, incorporating the old and new. The book additionally explores such topics as race, class, and gender, as well as the intergenerational conflict found in much immigrant literature.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313308918
ISBN-13
9780313308918
eBay Product ID (ePID)
633525

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Author
Toby Rose, Katherine Payant
Publication Name
Immigrant Experience in North American Literature : Carving Out a Niche
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Series
Contributions to the Study of American Literature Ser.
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
Vol. 4
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Ps153
Volume Number
4
Reviews
"This collection of 12 essays delivers well on its title's promise....Few existing studies compare immigrant literatures from the past and present, but this book shows how current literature differs from preceding work....the collection offers a valuable comparative structure and useful analyses of the various ways that immigrants attempt to reconcile their ethnic heritage with that of their adopted country."- Multicultural Review, "This collection of 12 essays delivers well on its title's promise....Few existing studies compare immigrant literatures from the past and present, but this book shows how current literature differs from preceding work....the collection offers a valuable comparative structure and useful analyses of the various ways that immigrants attempt to reconcile their ethnic heritage with that of their adopted country." Multicultural Review, "The level of analysis throughout the collection is generally high, and even the more summary pieces are good introductions to noncanonical books often ignored in the classroom and in mainstream literary journals."- Choice, "The level of analysis throughout the collection is generally high, and even the more summary pieces are good introductions to noncanonical books often ignored in the classroom and in mainstream literary journals." Choice
Table of Content
Preface by Toby Rose Introduction: Stories of the Uprooted by Katherine Payant Interdependent Selves: Mary Antin, Elizabeth Stern, and Jewish Women's Immigrant Autobiography by Wendy Zierler Justifying Individualism: Anzia Yezierska's BREAD GIVERS by Martin Japtok Fighting the Trolls on the Dakota Plains: The Ecstasy and the Agony of Norwegian Immigrants' Lives in O.E. Rolvaag's GIANTS IN THE EARTH by Raychel Haugrud Reiff JASMINE or the Americanization of an Asian: Negotiating between Cultural Arrest and Moral Decay in Immigrant Fiction by Gönül Pultar Developing Negatives: Jamaica Kincaid's LUCY by Jacqueline Doyle Speaking and Listening: The Immigrant as Spy Who Comes in from the Cold by June Dwyer Repositioning the Stars: Twentieth Century Narratives of Asian American Immigration by Qun Wang Borderland Themes in Sandra Cisneros's WOMAN HOLLERING CREEK by Katherine Payant Crossroads Are Our Roads: Paule Marshall's Portrayal of Immigrant Identity Themes by Toby Rose Motherland Versus Daughterland in Judith Ortiz Cofer's THE LINE OF THE SUN by Carmen Faymonville OBASAN and Hybridity: Necessary Cultural Strategies by Matthew Beedham Becoming Americans: Gish Jen's TYPICAL AMERICAN by Zhou Xiaojing Epilogue by Toby Rose Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Canadian, General, American / General
Lccn
98-046823
Dewey Decimal
810.9/920691
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism

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