The imprint of another life : adoption narratives and human possibility /

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The author, a literary scholar, examines fiction-making's special relationship to themes of adoption, an "as if" form of family making, fabricated or fictional instead of biological or "real." Adoption has tended to generate stories rather than uncover bedrock truths. Adopti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Homans, Margaret, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Subjects:
American literature > History and criticism.
Families in literature.
Adoption in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects.
Familles dans la littérature.
Adoption dans la littérature.
Narration > Aspect social.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Adoption & Fostering.
Adoption in literature
American literature
Families in literature
Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Money and love
  • Searches and origins
  • Marked bodies and identity
  • "The mother who isn't one."

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