Identity Lessons - Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be American (Paperback)

In stories and poems that explore how our society shapes us, Identity Lessons features a wide array of ethnic perspectives on growing up in America. Leading the reader into the living-rooms, boardrooms, classrooms, and movie houses of America, distinguished writers from all points of the American ethnic landscape shed light on the space between conformity and difference, and examine the struggle between the need to belong and the pull of one's cultural roots. With insight, wit, and poignancy, the contributors to this anthology recall their attempts to reconcile family from the old country with the powerful messages about race, gender and class confronting them in their new surroundings. A collection of superb and moving writing, Identity Lessons deconstructs conceptions of personal and national identity, and forms an indispensable primer for understanding our cultural selves.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1999
First published:	February 1999
Editors:	Maria Mazziotti Gillan • Jennifer Gillan
Dimensions:	202 x 135 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-027167-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-14-027167-8
Barcode:	9780140271676

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