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"Strangers at Home reframes the way we conceive of the modernist literature that appeared in the period between the two world wars. This work shows that a body of texts written by ethnic writers during this period poses a challenge to conventional notions of America and American modernism. By engaging with modernist literary studies from the perspectives of minority discourse, postcolonial studies, and postmodern theory, Rita Keresztesi questions the validity of modernism's claim to the neutrality of culture. She argues that literary modernism grew out of a prejudiced, racially biased, and often xenophobic historical context that necessitated a politically conservative and narrow definition of modernism in America. With the changing racial, ethnic, and cultural makeup of the nation during the interwar era, literary modernism also changed its form and content." "Contesting traditional notions of literary modernism, Keresztesi examines American modernism from an ethnic perspective in the works of Harlem Renaissance, immigrant, and Native American writers. She discusses such authors as Countee Cullen, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Anzia Yezierska, Henry Roth, Josephina Niggli, Mourning Dove, D'Arcy McNickle, and John Joseph Mathews, among others. Strangers at Home makes a persuasive argument for expanding our understanding of the writers themselves as well as the concept of modernism as it is currently defined."--Jacket.
Ethnicity in literature. --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- African Americans --- Politics and literature --- American literature --- Modernism (Literature) --- Intellectual life --- History --- Minority authors --- History and criticism.
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In these essays some of Canada’s leading literary critics examine how recent Canadian literature addresses notions of multiplicity, and how ideas of space and landscape complement and intersect with the constantly changing facets of Canadian society. The collection considers the works of a large number of diverse writers, while dealing specifically with genres such as Asian, African, and Native Canadian writing.
820 <71> --- Engelse literatuur--Canada --- 820 <71> Engelse literatuur--Canada --- Canadian literature --- Community in literature --- Immigrants' writings, Canadian --- Canadian immigrants' writings --- Canadian literature (English) --- English literature --- Minority authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- Minority authors --- Littérature canadienne --- Écrits d'immigrés --- Auteurs appartenant à des minorités --- Histoire et critique
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African American men in literature --- Afro-Amerikaanse mannen in de literatuur --- Américains aziatiques dans la littérature --- Asian Americans in literature --- Aziatische Amerikanen in de literatuur --- Gay men in literature --- Groepsgevoel in de literatuur --- Group identity in literature --- Hommes afro-americains dans la littérature --- Hommes homosexuels dans la littérature --- Homoseksuele mannen in de literatuur --- Identité de groupe dans la littérature --- Mannelijkheid in de literatuur --- Masculinity in literature --- Masculinité dans la littérature --- Race dans la littérature --- Race in literature --- Ras in de literatuur --- American literature --- Men in literature --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Afro-American men in literature --- Minority authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- Chin, Frank, --- Ellison, Ralph --- אליסון, ראלף --- 赵健秀, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Chin, Frank Chew --- Criticism and interpretation --- Minority authors --- Ellison, Ralph Waldo --- 赵健秀
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The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. In the years since then, new generations have asked new questions to cast light on this watershed era. No longer is it productive to consider only the differences between ethnic groups; we must also study them in relation to one another and to U.S. mainstream society. In "Shakin' Up" Race and Gender, Marta E. Sánchez creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Her frame opens up the black/white binary that dominated the 1960s and 1970s. It reveals the hidden yet real ties that connected ethnics of color and "white" ethnics in a shared intercultural history. By using key literary works published during this time, Sánchez reassesses and refutes the unflattering portrayals of ethnics by three leading intellectuals (Octavio Paz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Oscar Lewis) who wrote about Chicanos, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans. She links their implicit misogyny to the trope of La Malinche from Chicano culture and shows how specific characteristics of this trope—enslavement, alleged betrayal, and cultural negotiation—are also present in African American and Puerto Rican cultures. Sánchez employs the trope to restore the agency denied to these groups. Intercultural contact—encounters between peoples of distinct ethnic groups—is the theme of this book.
American literature --- Puerto Ricans --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- African Americans --- Mexican Americans --- African Americans in literature. --- Mexican Americans in literature. --- Puerto Ricans in literature. --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Minorities in literature. --- Sex role in literature. --- Race in literature. --- Minority authors --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- History --- Minorities as a theme in literature --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- African American intellectuals --- Ethnology --- Boricuas --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric)
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Examines the trope of translation in twenty English-language novels and autobiographies by contemporary ethnic American writers. This book argues that these works advocate a politics of language diversity, a literary and social agenda that validates the multiplicity of ethnic cultures and tongues in the United States.
American literature --- Language and languages --- Minorities --- Cultural pluralism in literature. --- Ethnic relations in literature. --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Minorities in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Minority authors --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects --- Intellectual life. --- United States --- Languages. --- Minorities as a theme in literature --- Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Cultural pluralism in literature --- Ethnic relations in literature --- Ethnic groups in literature --- Minorities in literature --- Ethnicity in literature --- History and criticism --- Intellectual life --- E-books --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Persons --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Minority authors&delete& --- United States&delete& --- Amerikaans. --- Ethnicité dans la littérature. --- Ethnische Gruppe. --- Ethnische Identität --- Etnische minderheden. --- Geistesleben. --- Groupes ethniques dans la littérature. --- Interkulturalität. --- Langage et langues --- Language and languages. --- Letterkunde. --- Literatur. --- Littérature américaine --- Minderheitenliteratur. --- Minorités dans la littérature. --- Minorités --- Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. --- Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature. --- Pluralisme dans la littérature. --- Politieke aspecten. --- Relations interethniques dans la littérature. --- Talen. --- Übersetzung. --- Minority authors. --- Aspect politique. --- United States. --- Political aspects. --- Auteurs issus des minorités --- Histoire et critique. --- Vie intellectuelle --- États-Unis --- Vie intellectuelle. --- USA. --- Langues.
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