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BEGINNING ETHNIC AMERICAN LITERATURES
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By: |
Helena Grice, Candida Hepworth, Maria Lauret |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0719057639 |
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9780719057632 |
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MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 March, 2001 |
Series: |
Beginnings |
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264 |
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This text is designed to introduce students not only to ethnic American writers, but also to the cultural contexts and literary traditions in which their work is situated, with sections on African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. |
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Since the late 1960s, American literature has been revitalised by the work of writers such as Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston. An introduction to the study of ethnic American fictions organised into four sections, each written by a specialist in the fields of African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and native American literature. Writers are discussed in their cultural/political contexts and literary traditions (rather than as exceptions or as individuals, or on a generic basis). The book highlights common themes in ethnic writing as well as specificities, and has extensive suggestions for further reading as well as a critical introduction regarding the concept of 'ethnic writing'. No competing titles - there are no textbooks, no beginners' books nor any systematised combination of ethnic fictions such as this - only edited collections on each area. -- . |
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UK |
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Manchester University Press |
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