LEADER 03500nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910814335303321 005 20240516112212.0 010 $a1-58729-594-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469962 035 $a(EBL)843124 035 $a(OCoLC)651630540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166011 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166011 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10148353 035 $a(PQKB)10447497 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843124 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843124 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354649 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469962 100 $a20040826d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGrowing up ethnic $enationalism and the Bildungsroman in African American and Jewish American fiction /$fby Martin Japtok 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-923-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aGrowing 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 606 $aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aBildungsromans, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJudaism and literature$zUnited States 606 $aMaturation (Psychology) in literature 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature 606 $aEthnic groups in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aYouth in literature 606 $aJews in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aBildungsromans, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJudaism and literature 615 0$aMaturation (Psychology) in literature. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature. 615 0$aEthnic groups in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aYouth in literature. 615 0$aJews in literature. 676 $a813.5209896073 676 $a813.5209896073 700 $aJaptok$b Martin$01652432 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814335303321 996 $aGrowing up ethnic$94003084 997 $aUNINA