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Contemporary migration literature in German and English : a comparative study / by Sandra Vlasta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vlasta, Sandra, author.
- Series:
- Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; Volume 187.
- Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; Volume 187
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration in literature.
- German literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- English literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Up until now, ‘migration literature’ has primarily been defined as ‘texts written by migrant authors’, a definition that has been discussed, criticised, and even rejected by critics and authors alike. Very rarely has ‘migration literature’ been understood as ‘literature on the topic of migration’, which is an approach this book adopts by presenting a comparative analysis of contemporary texts on experiences of migration. By focusing on specific themes and motifs in selected texts, this study suggests that migration literature is a sub-genre that exists in both various bodies of literature as well as various languages. This book analyses English and German texts by authors such as Monica Ali, Dimitré Dinev, Anna Kim, Timothy Mo, Preethi Nair, Caryl Phillips, Hamid Sadr, and Vladimir Vertlib, among others.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- The Motif of Language in Migration Literature
- Identity and the Search for Identity in Migration Literature Expressed by Cooking, Eating, and Food
- Depictions of the New Homeland
- Global Ethnoscapes in Migration Literature
- Résumé
- Appendix: Bio-Bibliographical Notes on the Authors
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-30600-5
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004306004 DOI
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