Modeling citizenship : Jewish and Asian American writing /

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Navigating deftly among historical and literary readings, Cathy Schlund-Vials examines the analogous yet divergent experiences of Asian Americans and Jewish Americans in Modeling Citizenship. She investigates how these model minority groups are shaped by the shifting terrain of naturalization law an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schlund-Vials, Cathy J., 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Temas:
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Judaism and literature > United States.
Asian Americans > Intellectual life.
Judaism in literature.
Jews in literature.
Asian Americans in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
Judaïsme et littérature > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Vie intellectuelle.
Judaïsme dans la littérature.
Juifs dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine asiatique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > Asian American.
American literature > Asian American authors
American literature > Jewish authors
Asian Americans in literature
Asian Americans > Intellectual life
Jews in literature
Judaism and literature
Judaism in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface: Modeling Citizenship and Modeled Selfhood; Introduction: Perpetual Foreigners and Model Minorities: Naturalizing Jewish and Asian Americans; 1. "Who May Be Citizens of the United States": Citizenship Models in Edith Maude Eaton and Abraham Cahan; 2. Interrupted Allegiances: Indivisibilityand Transnational Pledges; 3. Utopian and Dystopian Citizenships: Visions and Revisions of the "Promised Land"; 4. Reading and Writing America: Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine and Eva Hoffman's Lost in Translation.

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