The Resource New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction, Gilbert H. Muller
New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction, Gilbert H. Muller
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The item New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction, Gilbert H. Muller represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Muller focuses on the literature of Holocaust survivors, Chicanos, Latinos, African Caribbeans, and Asian Americans. In the quest for a new identity, each of these groups seeks the American dream and rewrites the story of what it means to be an American. New Strangers in Paradise explores the psychology of uprooted peoples and the relations of culture and power, addressing issues of race and ethnicity, multiculturalism and pluralism and national and international conflicts." "Examining the groups of immigrants in the cultural and historical context both of America and of the lands from which they originated, Muller argues that this "fourth wave" of immigration has led to a creative flowering in modern fiction. The book offers a fresh perspective on the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, William Styron, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Oscar Hijuelos, Jamaica Kincaid, Bharati Mukherjee, Rudolfo Anaya, and many others. These writers, Muller claims, are nation builders who have transformed and continue to change our national mythology as well as the literary canon."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 270 p.
- Contents
-
- Preface
- 1.
- Promised Land: Postwar Fiction and the Immigrant Experience.
- p. 1
- 2.
- Haunted by the Holocaust: Displaced Persons and the American Dream.
- p. 27
- 3.
- Migrant Souls: The Chicano Quest for National Identity.
- p. 59
- 4.
- Metropolitan Dreams: Latino Voyagers from the Caribbean.
- p. 93
- 5.
- Middle Passage: The African-Caribbean Diaspora.
- p. 139
- 6.
- Gold Mountains: The Asian-American Odyssey.
- p. 171
- 7.
- Searching for America.
- p. 217
- Bibliography.
- p. 239
- Index.
- p. 257
- Isbn
- 9780813121345
- Label
- New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction
- Title
- New strangers in paradise
- Title remainder
- the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction
- Statement of responsibility
- Gilbert H. Muller
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Muller focuses on the literature of Holocaust survivors, Chicanos, Latinos, African Caribbeans, and Asian Americans. In the quest for a new identity, each of these groups seeks the American dream and rewrites the story of what it means to be an American. New Strangers in Paradise explores the psychology of uprooted peoples and the relations of culture and power, addressing issues of race and ethnicity, multiculturalism and pluralism and national and international conflicts." "Examining the groups of immigrants in the cultural and historical context both of America and of the lands from which they originated, Muller argues that this "fourth wave" of immigration has led to a creative flowering in modern fiction. The book offers a fresh perspective on the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, William Styron, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Oscar Hijuelos, Jamaica Kincaid, Bharati Mukherjee, Rudolfo Anaya, and many others. These writers, Muller claims, are nation builders who have transformed and continue to change our national mythology as well as the literary canon."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Muller, Gilbert H.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American fiction
- Immigrants in literature
- American fiction
- Emigration and immigration in literature
- Ethnic groups in literature
- Minorities in literature
- Label
- New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction, Gilbert H. Muller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Preface
- 1.
- Promised Land: Postwar Fiction and the Immigrant Experience.
- p. 1
- 2.
- Haunted by the Holocaust: Displaced Persons and the American Dream.
- p. 27
- 3.
- Migrant Souls: The Chicano Quest for National Identity.
- p. 59
- 4.
- Metropolitan Dreams: Latino Voyagers from the Caribbean.
- p. 93
- 5.
- Middle Passage: The African-Caribbean Diaspora.
- p. 139
- 6.
- Gold Mountains: The Asian-American Odyssey.
- p. 171
- 7.
- Searching for America.
- p. 217
- Bibliography.
- p. 239
- Index.
- p. 257
- Control code
- 980099024008
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780813121345
- Lccn
- lc99024008
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- New strangers in paradise : the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction, Gilbert H. Muller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Preface
- 1.
- Promised Land: Postwar Fiction and the Immigrant Experience.
- p. 1
- 2.
- Haunted by the Holocaust: Displaced Persons and the American Dream.
- p. 27
- 3.
- Migrant Souls: The Chicano Quest for National Identity.
- p. 59
- 4.
- Metropolitan Dreams: Latino Voyagers from the Caribbean.
- p. 93
- 5.
- Middle Passage: The African-Caribbean Diaspora.
- p. 139
- 6.
- Gold Mountains: The Asian-American Odyssey.
- p. 171
- 7.
- Searching for America.
- p. 217
- Bibliography.
- p. 239
- Index.
- p. 257
- Control code
- 980099024008
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 270 p.
- Isbn
- 9780813121345
- Lccn
- lc99024008
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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