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Growing up ethnic : nationalism and the Bildungsroman in African American and Jewish American fiction /
Growing Up Ethnic examines the presence of literary similarities between African American and Jewish American coming-of-age stories in the first half of the twentieth century; often these similarities exceed what could be explained by sociohistorical correspondences alone. Martin Japtok argues that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Growing Up Ethnic examines the presence of literary similarities between African American and Jewish American coming-of-age stories in the first half of the twentieth century; often these similarities exceed what could be explained by sociohistorical correspondences alone. Martin Japtok argues that these similarities result from the way both African American and Jewish American authors have conceptualized their "ethnic situation." The issue of "race" and its social repercussions certainly defy any easy comparisons. However, the fact that the ethnic situations are far from identical in the case |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 201 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781587295942 1587295946 |