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Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction: American Voices and American Identities - American Literature Readings in the 21st Century M. Hurst
Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction: American Voices and American Identities - American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
M. Hurst
Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities.
250 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 25, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230110458 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 238 |
| Dimensions | 144 × 219 × 21 mm · 430 g |