| Description |
xii, 249 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cornell paperbacks
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Cornell paperbacks.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the new immigrant writing -- Slavs of New York : Being there, Mr. Sammler's planet -- Immigration and primal scene : Alvarez's How the García girls lost their accents -- Survival on the tangled bank : Hegi's The vision of Emma Blau and Mukherjee's Jasmine -- Language, dreams, and art in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban -- Korean connection : Chang-rae Lee and company -- Haitian Persephone : Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory -- Assimilation and adolescence : Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy and Lan Cao's Monkey bridge -- Ethnicity as pentimento : Mylène Dressler's The deadwood beetle -- Immigration as Bardo : Wendy Law-Yone's The coffin tree -- Closet and mask : Junot Díaz's Drown -- Conclusion : we, them, us. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Minority authors. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Immigrants in literature.
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Immigrants in literature. |
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Emigration and immigration in literature.
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Emigration and immigration in literature. |
| ISBN |
0801472873 paperback alkaline paper |
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0801444691 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780801444692 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780801472879 paperback alkaline paper |
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