Doing family in second-generation British migration literature /

Due to the large-scale global transformations of the 20th century, migration literature has become a vibrant genre over the last decades. In these novels, issues of transcultural identity and belonging naturally feature prominently. This study takes a closer look at the ways in which the idea of fam...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Assmann, Corinna (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
Series:Media and cultural memory ; 25.
Subjects:
Families in literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
English literature > History and criticism.
Familles dans la littérature.
Émigration et immigration dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Emigration and immigration in literature
English literature
Families in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements / Assmann, Corinna
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction: Family Matters in Contemporary British Migration Literature
  • 2. Family Practices and Cultures of Relatedness
  • 3. Uncovering Family History: The Intergenerational Construction of Identity through Family Memory
  • 4. Family Secrets and Religious Conflict in the Muslim Diaspora
  • 5. Family Memoirs: Relational Life Writing
  • 6. Four Topoi of 'Doing Family': Food, Home, Photography, and the Body
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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