Lives beyond borders : US immigrant women's life writing, nationality, and social justice /

A cross-cultural, comparative study of contemporary life writing by women who migrated to the United States from Mexico, Ghana, South Korea, and Iran, Lives beyond Borders broadens and deepens critical work on immigrant life writing. Ina C. Seethaler investigates how these autobiographical texts--th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seethaler, Ina C., 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2021]
Colección:SUNY series in multiethnic literature.
Temas:
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Immigrants' writings, American > History and criticism.
Autobiography > Women authors > History and criticism.
National characteristics in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Literature and society.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Écrits d'immigrants américains > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques > Histoire et critique.
Caractéristiques nationales dans la littérature.
Littérature et société.
American literature > Women authors
Autobiography > Women authors
Immigrants' writings, American
Literature and society
Minorities in literature
National characteristics in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Reading memoirs by immigrant women in the United States
  • A genre for justice : life writing and undocumented migration
  • Living like an alien : blackness, migration, and depression
  • Transnational adoptee life writing : oppressed voices and genre choices
  • (Re)negotiating the self : collective memoir and border crossings
  • Life narratives and the Syrian refugee crisis
  • Epilogue: The power and future of immigrant women's life writing.

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