An edition of Trailing clouds
(2006)
Trailing clouds
immigrant fiction in contemporary America
by David Cowart
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American fiction, Emigration and immigration in literature, History and criticism, Immigrants in literature, Minority authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Immigranten, Romans, Amerikaans, Literary criticism, American, American fiction--minority authors--history and criticism, American fiction--history and criticism, American fiction--20th century--history and criticism, Ps374.i48 c69 2006, 813/.5099206912Times
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Trailing clouds: immigrant fiction in contemporary America
2006, Cornell University Press
in English
0801444691 9780801444692
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the new immigrant writing
Slavs of New York : Being there, Mr. Sammler's planet
Immigration and primal scene : Alvarez's How the García girls lost their accents
Survival on the tangled bank : Hegi's The vision of Emma Blau and Mukherjee's Jasmine
Language, dreams, and art in Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban
Korean connection : Chang-Rae Lee and company
Haitian Persephone : Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory
Assimilation and adolescence : Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy and Lan Cao's Monkey bridge
Ethnicity as pentimento : Mylène Dressler's The deadwood beetle
Immigration as bardo : Wendy Law-Yone's The coffin tree
Closet and mask : Junot Díaz's Drown
Conclusion : we, them, us.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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