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Homebound : diaspora spaces and selves in Greek American return narratives /
"Home is where the heart is"--But where is the heart of the daughter or the grandson of a Greek immigrant living in the United States? In the American imagination, immigration ends with the successful integration into American culture and society. Yet, the routes of immigration are not str...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Heidelberg :
Universitätsverlag Winter,
[2015]
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| Colección: | American Studies - A Monograph Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE PROMISE OF RETURN; Introduction; The Politics of Returning Home; The Contours of Greek America; Greek American Literature; 1 THE HOME(S) OF DIASPORA; Introduction; The Impossibility of Home; Diaspora and the Homeland; Diaspora and Return; Returning to the Homeland: Conclusion; 2 RETURN NARRATIVES: LATE ARRIVALS AND EARLY DEPARTURES; Introduction; Travel Writing: Approaching a Genre; Return Narratives: Working Definition; Choosing Position(s) in Greece by Prejudice; Athens; Hora; On the Road; The Fluctuation of Returnee Positions: Conclusion.
- 3 WOMEN'S DIASPORA SPACESIntroduction; Feminizing Diaspora; Greek America's Women; Feminizing Return; Women's Diaspora in The Priest Fainted; "Start with imam": A Culinary Diaspora; Women's Diaspora in North of Ithaka; Diaspora and Home-Ownership; Women's Diaspora Spaces: Conclusion; 4 REGIONAL RETURN NARRATIVES; Introduction; Popular (Auto)ethnography and Regional Writing; The Bellstone: Tales of Masculinity; The Returnee Self in The Bellstone; The Feasts of Memory: Tales of Family; The Returnee Self in The Feasts of Memory; Regional Story Telling in the Diaspora: Conclusion.
- 5 RETURNING TO THE CITY: ATHENSIntroduction; Writing Athens: Entering and Leaving; Immigrants and Athenians in the City; Nostalgia in the City; Writing Athens: Entering and Dwelling; The Politics of Belonging: Xeni and Dyki Mas; Writing Counter-Spaces: Athens and the U.S; The City as Diaspora Space: Conclusion; RETURN REVISITED: A CONCLUSION; Off the Center; The Meaning of Greece; Possibilities and Outlook; BIBLIOGRAPHY.