Ethnic Life Writing and Histories: Genres, Performance, and Culture

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Rocío G. Davis, Ana Beatriz Delgado
Lit, 2007 - History - 256 pages

In the context of the fraught ethnic politics in our increasingly globalized world, negotiating with historical memory has become both a cultural obsession and a powerful political weapon.

The essays describe how processes of literary creativity and historical inscription blend significantly to produce texts that require nuanced readings on many levels. Half the essays focus on Asian American texts, inviting crucial connections and insights on the ways ethnic concerns are reflected methodologically.

Roco G. Davis teaches at the Modern Languages Department of the University of Navarre, Pamplona (Spain). Jaume Aurell is a researcher at the history department of the University of Navarre, Pamplona. Ana Beatriz Delgado is a teaching assistant at the University of Navarre.

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Contents

Introduction
9
Memory Poetry and the Body
22
An Introduction
40
Copyright

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Bibliographic information

TitleEthnic Life Writing and Histories: Genres, Performance, and Culture
Volume 4 of Contributions to Asian American literary studies
EditorsRocío G. Davis, Ana Beatriz Delgado
ContributorJaume Aurell i Cardona
PublisherLit, 2007
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized20 May 2008
ISBN3825802574, 9783825802578
Length256 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Asia / General
Literary Criticism / American / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
  
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