Theodora D. Patrona

Return Narratives

Ethnic Space in Late-Twentieth-Century Greek American and Italian American Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study examines the third generation ethnic return to the homeland and its identity quest through myth, history, and storytelling as seen in late-twentieth-century novels. Through a comparison between Italian American and Greek American works, the book discusses contemporary ethnic cultures, histories, and the common painful identity issues.

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Produktdetails

• The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781611479942
• ISBN-10: 1611479940
• Artikelnr.: 48330194

Autorenporträt

By Theodora D. Patrona

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: (De)Mystified Ethnic Space: Novels of
the Seventies Chapter 1 The Return to the Self and the Mystified Homeland:
Daphne Athas's Cora (1978) Chapter 2 Ethnic Space, Umbertina Women (1979),
and the Voyage to Self- Definition Part II: Persephone Returns Home: A
Greek American and an Italian American Work of the Nineties Chapter 3
Mythic Wanderings in Catherine Temma Davidson's The Priest Fainted (1998)
Chapter 4 Italian-American Persephone in a Sicilian Setting: Susan Caperna
Lloyd's No Pictures in My Grave (1992) Part III: Ethnic "History" and
Storytelling: Voicing the Male Chapter 5 Reared by Myth and Folklore:
Stratis Haviaras's When the Tree Sings (1979) Chapter 6 Ethnic Fables of
Social Justice: Tony Ardizzone's In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu (1999)
Closings and Openings Works Cited