Ethnic Subjectivity in Intergenerational Memory Narratives

Mónika Fodor is Associate Professor in the Department of English Literatures and Cultures at the University of Pécs, Hungary.

• Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Ethnic Subjectivity in Personal and Intergenerational Memory Narratives 2. "I Just Feel Unique." Construction of the Ethnic Self in Personal and Intergenerational Memory Narratives 3. "My Style of Being Ethnic." Assimilation Experiences Retold in Intergenerational Memory Narratives 4. "History Got in the Way." Constructing a Sense of History in Intergenerational Memory Narratives 5. "At Home There" Sites of Ethnic Subjectivity Construction in Intergenerational Memory Narratives 6. Ethnography of an Imagined Discourse Community in Personal and Intergenerational Memory Narratives 7. Conclusion

"An illuminating and original study of the ways postmemory affect Euro-American ethnic identities. Fodor interviews ordinary people with extraordinary stories of resilience and strength. Her discussion and analysis reveal the complex ways individuals identify with their ethnic heritage over more than one generation."Eleanor Ty, Professor of English, Wilfrid Laurier University "[In conclusion] this book is an important attempt to trace migration stories through second and late generation European Americans that reminds us of the ‘obligation to remember’ and the ‘fear of losing the fragile connection’ to the past."Narrative Inquiry"Fodor's work has a pivotal place in critical minority studies, ethnographies of transnational families and diasporic communities and studies of cultural citizenship."Hungarian Cultural Studies