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  1. New Strangers in Paradise
    the Immigrant Experience and Contemporary American Fiction
    Published: (c)1999
    Publisher:  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples,... more

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    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples, regions, and competing cultural histories have remade the American cultural landscape in the aftermath of World War II. 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

     

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  2. New strangers in paradise
    the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples,... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples, regions, and competing cultural histories have remade the American cultural landscape in the aftermath of World War II. 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.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780813150130; 0813150132
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 270 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index

  3. New strangers in paradise
    the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction
    Published: [1999]
    Publisher:  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780813150130; 0813150132
    RVK Categories: HU 1819
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; American fiction; American fiction / Minority authors; Emigration and immigration in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Immigrants in literature; Minorities in literature; American fiction; Immigrants in literature; American fiction; Emigration and immigration in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Minorities in literature; Einwanderer; Kurzgeschichte; Roman; Einwanderung <Motiv>; Prosa; Nationale Minderheit
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 281 Seiten)
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    Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Promised Land: Postwar Fiction and the Immigrant Experience; 2 Haunted by the Holocaust: Displaced Persons and the American Dream; 3 Migrant Souls: The Chicano Quest for National Identity; 4 Metropolitan Dreams: Latino Voyagers from the Caribbean; 5 Middle Passage: The African-Caribbean Diaspora; 6 Gold Mountains: The Asian-American Odyssey; 7 Searching for America; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples, regions, and competing cultural histories have remade the American cultural landscape in the aftermath of World War II. 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

  4. New strangers in paradise
    the immigrant experience and contemporary American fiction
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples,... more

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    New Strangers in Paradise offers the first in-depth account of the ways in which contemporary American fiction has been shaped by the successive generations of immigrants to reach U.S. shores. Gilbert Muller reveals how the intersections of peoples, regions, and competing cultural histories have remade the American cultural landscape in the aftermath of World War II. 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 Promised land, postwar fiction and the immigrant experience -- Haunted by the Holocaust, displaced persons and the American dream -- Migrant souls, the Chicano quest for national identity -- Metropolitan dreams, Latino voyagers from the Caribbean -- Middle passage, the African-Caribbean diaspora -- Gold mountains, the Asian-American odyssey -- Searching for America

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0813150132; 0813121345; 9780813150130; 9780813121345
    Subjects: Emigration and immigration in literature; Ethnic groups in literature; Minorities in literature; American fiction; American fiction; Immigrants in literature
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 270 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index

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