Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction: American Voices and American Identities
Language: English
20th Century Ethnic Studies Fiction Gender Studies Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Literary Criticism Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945) Social Science
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Published: Feb 25, 2011
Description:
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.