Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction about Learning to be AmericanThe editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation's great discord and infinite promise. |
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Contents
Doctorow The Writer in the Family | 3 |
Amy Tan Rules of the Game | 18 |
Gary Soto Looking for Work | 32 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction about Learning to be American A Penguin Book: Literature/Cultural Studies A Penguin book |
| Editors | Maria M. Gillan, Jennifer Gillan |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1999 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 29, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0140280634, 9780140280630 |
| Length | 374 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) Fiction / Literary |
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