Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction : American Voices and American Identities /

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...

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Main Author:	Hurst, Mary Jane (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	American literature readings in the 21st century.
Subjects:	Literature. Ethnicity Studies. Fiction. Gender Studies. North American Literature. Twentieth-Century Literature. Ethnicity. Gender expression. Gender identity. Literature, Modern > 20th century. Sex (Psychology) Sociology. America > Literatures. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book