Crossing cultures : creating identity in Chinese and Jewish American literature /

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"In this important new study, Judith Oster looks at the literature of Chinese Americans and Jewish Americans in relation to each other. Examining what is most at issue for both groups as they live between two cultures, languages, and environments, Oster focuses on the struggles of protagonists...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oster, Judith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2003.
Temas:
American literature > Chinese American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Jews > United States > Intellectual life.
Judaism and literature > United States.
Chinese Americans > Intellectual life.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Chinese Americans in literature.
Culture in literature.
Jews in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine chinoise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique.
Juifs > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Américains d'origine chinoise > Vie intellectuelle.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine chinoise dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
Juifs dans la littérature.
Judaïsme et littérature > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature > Chinese American authors.
American literature > Jewish authors.
Jews > Intellectual life.
Judaism and literature.
Letterkunde.
Joodse literatuur.
Amerikaans.
Chinezen.
Identiteit.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. One other looks at another other
  • 2. See(k)ing the self: mirrors and mirroring in bicultural texts
  • 3. Language and the self: being bilingual
  • 4. The bilingual text: how language signifies
  • 5. Heaping bowls and narrative hungers: around the family table
  • 6. "My pearly doesn't get C's": the centrality (and cost) of education
  • 7. Writing the way home
  • 8. The reader in the mirror.

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