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Author:

Oster, Judith.

Title:

Crossing cultures : creating identity in Chinese and Jewish American literature / Judith Oster.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xi, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Jews--United States--Intellectual life.
Judaism and literature--United States.
Chinese Americans--Intellectual life.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Chinese Americans in literature.
Culture in literature.
Jews in literature.
Letterkunde.
Joodse literatuur.
Amerikaans.
Chinezen.
Identiteit.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Juifs--États-Unis--Vie intellectuelle.
Américains d'origine chinoise--Vie intellectuelle.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Américains d'origine chinoise dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
Juifs dans la littérature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.

Contents:

1. One other looks at another other -- 2. See(k)ing the self: mirrors and mirroring in bicultural texts -- 3. Language and the self: being bilingual -- 4. The bilingual text: how language signifies -- 5. Heaping bowls and narrative hungers: around the family table -- 6. "My pearly doesn't get C's": the centrality (and cost) of education -- 7. Writing the way home -- 8. The reader in the mirror.

ISBN:

9780826214867 (alk. paper)
082621486X (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2003014540

Locations:

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)