Title Growing up ethnic : nationalism and the Bildungsroman in African American and Jewish American fiction / by Martin Japtok

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 201 pages) Contents The autobiography of an ex-coloured man and Haunch, paunch, and jowl : two versions of passing -- Fanny herself and Plum bun : art and ethnic solidarity -- Brown girl, brownstones and Bread givers : reconciling ethnicity and individualism -- Ethnic nationalism and ethnic literary responses Summary Growing Up Ethnic examines the presence of literary similarities between African American and Jewish American coming-of-age stories in the first half of the twentieth century; often these similarities exceed what could be explained by sociohistorical correspondences alone. Martin Japtok argues that these similarities result from the way both African American and Jewish American authors have conceptualized their "ethnic situation." The issue of "race" and its social repercussions certainly defy any easy comparisons. However, the fact that the ethnic situations are far from identical in the case Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism Bildungsromans, American -- History and criticism Judaism and literature -- United States Maturation (Psychology) in literature. African Americans in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Youth in literature. Jews in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish. African Americans in literature American fiction -- African American authors American fiction -- Jewish authors Bildungsromans, American Ethnic groups in literature Ethnicity in literature Jews in literature Judaism and literature Maturation (Psychology) in literature Youth in literature Entwicklungsroman Ethnische Identität Motiv United States Schwärze USA Juden. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781587295942 1587295946

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