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Narratives for a new belonging : diasporic cultural fictions /

"Cultural fictions - texts written from the perspective of the edge - are the focus of this book. The author examines the formations of narratives of identity in contemporary 'borderline' fictions and films. The work of migrant and marginalised groups located at the boundaries of nati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bromley, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2000.
Colección:Tendencies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Sliding against the masks of newer selves: hyphenation and the Mestiza--Jasmine, The Woman Warrior and Borderlands
  • Notes of a native speaker: becoming Asian-American--The Joy Luck Club, Typical American, Bone and The Wedding Banquet
  • This body is your only real home: migrancy and identity--Dreaming in Cuban, Native Speaker, Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers and My Year of Meat
  • We need to speak even with our mouths on the ground: becoming Asian-Canadian--Disappearing Moon Café, Diamond Grill and Chorus of Mushrooms
  • Knowing your place: becoming Black/Asian-British (1)--Song of the Boatwoman, The Map-makers of Spitalfields and Fruit of the Lemon
  • Britain's children without a home: becoming Black/Asian-British (2)--The Buddha of Suburbia, Anita and Me, Bhaji on the Beach and the East is East.