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Author Majewski, Karen

Title Traitors and true Poles : narrating a Polish-American identity, 1880-1939 / Karen Majewski
Published Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) : illustrations
Series Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
Contents Reading the Immigrant -- Writing Polish: literature and the construction of polishness in America -- "Blessed are the light bearers": Polish-American publishing before world war II -- Crime, punishment, atonement: a family plot -- Crossings and double-crossings: family ties -- Power plays: a family squabble -- Love, sex, and the state of marriage: a family reunion
Summary "This is the first extended look at Polish-language fiction written by turn-of-the-century immigrants, a forgotten body of American ethnic literature. Addressing a blind spot in our understanding of immigrant and ethnic identity and culture, Traitors and True Poles challenges perceptions of a silent and passive Polish immigration by giving back its literary voice."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-234) and index
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Subject American literature -- Polish American authors -- History and criticism
Polish Americans -- Intellectual life
Polish Americans in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism.
Immigrants in literature
Polish Americans in literature
Polish Americans -- Intellectual life
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002030711
ISBN 9780821441114
0821441116