03505nam 2200745 a 450 991045162390332120200520144314.01-58729-594-6(CKB)1000000000469962(EBL)843124(OCoLC)651630540(SSID)ssj0000166011(PQKBManifestationID)11163346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166011(PQKBWorkID)10148353(PQKB)10447497(MiAaPQ)EBC843124(MdBmJHUP)muse12541(Au-PeEL)EBL843124(CaPaEBR)ebr10354649(EXLCZ)99100000000046996220040826d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGrowing up ethnic[electronic resource] nationalism and the Bildungsroman in African American and Jewish American fiction /by Martin JaptokIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20051 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-923-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter I: The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man; Chapter 2: Fanny Herself and Plum Bun: Art and Ethnic Solidarity; Chapter 3: Brown Girl, Brownstones and Bread Givers:Reconciling Ethnicity and Individualism; Chapter 4: Ethnic Nationalism and Ethnic Literary Responses; Notes; Works Cited; IndexGrowing 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 American fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican fictionJewish authorsHistory and criticismBildungsromans, AmericanHistory and criticismJudaism and literatureUnited StatesMaturation (Psychology) in literatureAfrican Americans in literatureEthnic groups in literatureEthnicity in literatureYouth in literatureJews in literatureElectronic books.American fictionAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American fictionJewish authorsHistory and criticism.Bildungsromans, AmericanHistory and criticism.Judaism and literatureMaturation (Psychology) in literature.African Americans in literature.Ethnic groups in literature.Ethnicity in literature.Youth in literature.Jews in literature.813.5209896073Japtok Martin871059MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451623903321Growing up ethnic1944504UNINA