Memory and cultural politics : new approaches to American ethnic literatures / edited by Amritjit Singh, Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr., Robert E. Hogan.
| Other author | Singh, Amritjit. |
| Other author | Skerrett, Joseph T. |
| Other author | Hogan, Robert E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©1996. |
| Description | xiii, 357 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Spine title | Memory & cultural politics |
| Contents | Ethnographic politics: the uses of memory in ethnic fiction / William Boelhower -- The Plural self: the politicization of memory and form in three American ethnic autobiographies / Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez -- Telling history: inventing identity in Jewish American fiction / Victoria Aarons -- Nostalgia and ambiguity in Martha Lamont's "Crow and her seagull slaves" / Toby C.S. Langen -- Oppression and repression: personal and collective memory in Paule Marshall's Praisesong for the widow and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony / G. Thomas Couser -- Tilling the soil to find ourselves: labor, memory, and identity in Ernest J. Gaines's Of love and dust / Herman Beavers -- Memory and the matrix of history: the poetics of loss and recovery in Joy Kogawa's Obasan and Toni Morrison's Beloved / Gurleen Grewal -- The Role of memory in August Wilson's four-hundred-year autobiography / Sandra G. Shannon -- Beyond mimicry: the poetics of memory and authenticity in Derek Walcott's Another life / Sandra Pouchet Paquet -- The Politics of memory: remembering history in Alice Walker and Joy Kogawa / David Palumbo-Liu -- Producing history and telling stories: Maxine Hong Kingston's China men and Zeese Papnikolas's Buried unsung / Yiorgos Kalogeras -- Yearning for the past: the dynamics of memory in Sansei internment poetry / Stan Yogi -- Arab American literature and the politics of memory / Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Feathering the serpent: Chicano mythic "memory" / Rafael Pérez-Torres -- Chicanismo as memory: the fictions of Rudolfo Anaya, Nash Candelaria, Sandra Disneros, and Ron Arias / A. Robert Lee. |
| Local note | Little-306371--305131011937Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and index. |
| LCCN | 95010351 |
| ISBN | 1555532349 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1555532543 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153.M56 M45 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |