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Autore |
Heinze Rüdiger <p>Rüdiger Heinze, Braunschweig Institute of Technology, Germany </p> |
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Melting Pots & Mosaics: Children of Immigrants in US-American Literature / Rüdiger Heinze |
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Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2017 |
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2017, c2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Literature |
US-America |
Immigration |
2nd Generation Immigrants |
Children of Immigrants |
America |
Migration |
American Studies |
General Literature Studies |
Literary Studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 1. Introduction: American Children 7 2. Axioms & Methodology 19 3. Children of Immigrants in American Literature 81 4. Conclusion: Truisms, Fallacies, and Complex Contradictions 271 5. Works Cited 277 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the past decades, children of immigrants have drawn increased attention not only in press and media, but also in a number of academic fields, among them sociology, history, or ethnology. Surprisingly, literary and cultural studies have been somewhat more reluctant to approach the topic. While there is work on individual authors or, at the very most, particular ethnic groups, comparative |
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approaches are rare.This monograph aims to amend this. It provides an extensive discussion of US-American literature about children of immigrants, comparing different authors, different ethnic groups and different literary and historical contexts. |
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