TY - BOOK ID - 33122411 TI - Towards Turkish American literature : narratives of multiculturalism in post-imperial Turkey AU - Furlanetto, Elena AU - Buchenau, Barbara. PY - 2017 SN - 3653072298 3631709056 3631677243 PB - Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group DB - UniCat KW - Turkish literature KW - Multiculturalism in literature. KW - Postcolonialism in literature. KW - Sufism in literature. KW - Turks in literature. KW - Turkish Americans. KW - American influences. KW - History and criticism. KW - Turkish Americans KW - Ethnology KW - Turks KW - Balkan literature KW - Literature KW - Literary studies KW - USA KW - Turkey KW - immigration KW - literary theory KW - novel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33122411 AB - The author expands the definition of Turkish American literature beyond fiction written by Americans of Turkish descent to incorporate texts that literally 'commute' between two national spheres. This segment of Turkish American literature transcends established paradigms of immigrant life-writing, as it includes works by Turkish authors who do not qualify as American permanent residents and were not born in the United States by Turkish parents (such as Elif Shafak and Halide Edip), and on novels where the Turkish and Ottoman matter decisively prevails over the American (Güneli Gün's «On the Road to Baghdad» and Alev Lytle Croutier's «Seven Houses»). Yet, these texts were written in English, were purposefully located on the American market, and simultaneously engage the Turkish and the American cultural and literary traditions. ER -