Identity Lessons: Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be American - Couverture souple

 
9780140271676: Identity Lessons: Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be American
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0140271678 ISBN 13 : 9780140271676
Editeur : Penguin Books, 1999

Synopsis

In stories and poems that explore how our society shapes us, Identity Lessons features a wide array of ethnic perspectives on growing up in America. Leading the reader into the living-rooms, boardrooms, classrooms, and movie houses of America, distinguished writers from all points of the American ethnic landscape shed light on the space between conformity and difference, and examine the struggle between the need to belong and the pull of one's cultural roots. With insight, wit, and poignancy, the contributors to this anthology recall their attempts to reconcile family from the old country with the powerful messages about race, gender and class confronting them in their new surroundings. A collection of superb and moving writing, Identity Lessons deconstructs conceptions of personal and national identity, and forms an indispensable primer for understanding our cultural selves.

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À propos de l?auteur

Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the director of The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. She is the author of five collections of poetry.

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Éditeur
Penguin Books
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0140271678
ISBN 13 
9780140271676
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Éditeur
Gillan Maria Mazziotti, Gillan Jennifer
Coordonnées du fabricant
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