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Trailing clouds

immigrant fiction in contemporary America

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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
249

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Subjects

American fiction, Emigration and immigration in literature, History and criticism, Immigrants in literature, Minority authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Immigranten, Romans, Amerikaans, Literary criticism, American, American fiction--minority authors--history and criticism, American fiction--history and criticism, American fiction--20th century--history and criticism, Ps374.i48 c69 2006, 813/.5099206912

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20th century

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Trailing clouds: immigrant fiction in contemporary America
2006, Cornell University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the new immigrant writing
Slavs of New York : Being there, Mr. Sammler's planet
Immigration and primal scene : Alvarez's How the García girls lost their accents
Survival on the tangled bank : Hegi's The vision of Emma Blau and Mukherjee's Jasmine
Language, dreams, and art in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban
Korean connection : Chang-Rae Lee and company
Haitian Persephone : Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory
Assimilation and adolescence : Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy and Lan Cao's Monkey bridge
Ethnicity as pentimento : Mylène Dressler's The deadwood beetle
Immigration as bardo : Wendy Law-Yone's The coffin tree
Closet and mask : Junot Díaz's Drown
Conclusion : we, them, us.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Ithaca, N.Y

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813/.5099206912
Library of Congress
PS374.I48 C69 2006, PS374.I48C69 2006

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
249

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OL3420352M
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0801444691, 0801472873
ISBN 13
9780801444692, 9780801472879
LCCN
2005037545
OCLC/WorldCat
62742610
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1373870
1373871

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