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Author:

Cowart, David, 1947-

Title:

Trailing clouds : immigrant fiction in contemporary America / David Cowart.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 249 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Immigrants in literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Immigranten.
Romans.
Amerikaans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-237) and index.

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.

Series:

Cornell paperbacks

ISBN:

9780801472879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801472873 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801444692 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801444691 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62742610

LCCN:

2005037545

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)