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Migrant Sites
Dalia Kandiyoti
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Description for Migrant Sites
Paperback. A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
In Migrant Sites, Dalia Kandiyoti presents a compelling corrective to the traditional immigrant and melting pot story. This original and wide-ranging study embraces Jewish, European, and Chicana/o and Puerto Rican literatures of migration and diasporization through the literary works of Abraham Cahan, Willa Cather, Estela Portillo Trambley, Sandra Cisneros, Piri Thomas, and Ernesto Quiñonez. The author offers a transformed understanding of the ways in which the sense of place shapes migration imaginaries in U.S. writing. Place is a crucial category, one that along with race, class, and gender, has a profound impact in shaping migration and diaspora identities and storytelling. ... Read more
In Migrant Sites, Dalia Kandiyoti presents a compelling corrective to the traditional immigrant and melting pot story. This original and wide-ranging study embraces Jewish, European, and Chicana/o and Puerto Rican literatures of migration and diasporization through the literary works of Abraham Cahan, Willa Cather, Estela Portillo Trambley, Sandra Cisneros, Piri Thomas, and Ernesto Quiñonez. The author offers a transformed understanding of the ways in which the sense of place shapes migration imaginaries in U.S. writing. Place is a crucial category, one that along with race, class, and gender, has a profound impact in shaping migration and diaspora identities and storytelling. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584658467
SKU
V9781584658467
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