Transcultural women of late-twentieth-century U.S. American literature : first-generation migrants from islands and peninsulas /

This text explores the writings of female immigrants to the United States from tropical islands and peninsulas between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s, and the ways in which those writings represent the writers' migration experiences and the evolution of their transcultural identities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newton, Pauline T., 1974-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]
Subjects:	American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century. American literature > Women authors > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Immigrants' writings, American > History and criticism. Women immigrants > United States > Intellectual life. Emigration and immigration in literature. Immigrants in literature.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Description
Summary:	This text explores the writings of female immigrants to the United States from tropical islands and peninsulas between the mid-1950s and mid-1970s, and the ways in which those writings represent the writers' migration experiences and the evolution of their transcultural identities.
Physical Description:	viii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-222) and index.
ISBN:	0754652122 (alk. paper)