Melting Pots & Mosaics: Children of Immigrants in US-American Literature

Rüdiger Heinze

Rüdiger Heinze

Melting Pots & Mosaics: Children of Immigrants in US-American Literature

In: American Culture Studies, 22

transcript-Verlag | 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839440452

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In the past decades, children of immigrants have drawn increased attention not only in press and media, but also in a number of academic fields, among them sociology, history, or ethnology. Surprisingly, literary and cultural studies have been somewhat more reluctant to approach the topic. While there is work on individual authors or, at the very most, particular ethnic groups, comparative approaches are rare.
This monograph aims to amend this. It provides an extensive discussion of US-American literature about children of immigrants, comparing different authors, different ethnic groups and different literary and historical contexts.

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Rüdiger Heinze (Prof. Dr.) teaches American Literature and Culture at TU Braunschweig. His research focuses on transmedial storytelling, dystopian thinking, and literatures of migration.

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Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	1
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1. Introduction: American Children Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	7
2. Axioms & Methodology Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	19
3. Children of Immigrants in American Literature Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	81
4. Conclusion: Truisms, Fallacies, and Complex Contradictions Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	271
5. Works Cited Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	277

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