Slippery characters : ethnic impersonators and American identities /

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This work examines the tradition of ethnic impersonators in the United States. It looks at works such as Welsh Baptist Elizabeth Stern's immigrant narrative "I am a Woman - and a Jew", and uncovers their surprising influence on American notions of identity

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Browder, Laura, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
Colección:Cultural studies of the United States.
Temas:
American prose literature > History and criticism.
Autobiography.
Literary forgeries and mystifications > History.
Impostors and imposture in literature.
Difference (Psychology) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Impersonation in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Self in literature.
Prose américaine > Histoire et critique.
Autobiographie.
Faux et supercheries littéraires > Histoire.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
Identité collective dans la littérature.
Groupes ethniques dans la littérature.
Imitation dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American prose literature
Autobiography
Difference (Psychology) in literature
Ethnic groups in literature
Ethnicity in literature
Group identity in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Impersonation in literature
Impostors and imposture in literature
Literary forgeries and mystifications
Passing (Identity) in literature
Self in literature
Imitatie.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Autobiografieën.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This work examines the tradition of ethnic impersonators in the United States. It looks at works such as Welsh Baptist Elizabeth Stern's immigrant narrative "I am a Woman - and a Jew", and uncovers their surprising influence on American notions of identity
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index.
ISBN:9780807825464
0807825468
0807860603
9780807860601

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