Who are you? The Negotiation of Identity in Contemporary American “Minority” Literature

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dc.contributor.advisorBak, J.T.J.
dc.contributor.advisorWilbers, U.M.
dc.contributor.authorMaassen, J.A.F.
dc.date.issued2015-08-31
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is concerned with the construction of identity in contemporary North American novels that are considered to belong to “Minority literature”. Post-colonial theory from Homi K. Bhabha’s The Location of Culture will be used in combination with theory from Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands. Six novels will be analysed through close-reading in conjunction with a theoretical framework based on the works of the aforementioned theorists in order to determine how and what kind of identities are expressed in the novels. The novels featured are Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water (1993), LeAnne Howe’s Shell Shaker (2001), Chang-Rae Lee’s Native Speaker (1995), Gish Jen’s Typical American (2008), Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), and Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo (2003).en_US
dc.embargo.lift10000-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/606
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letterenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationEngelstalige letterkundeen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster Letterkundeen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleWho are you? The Negotiation of Identity in Contemporary American “Minority” Literatureen_US
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