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Return Narratives

Ethnic Space in Late-Twentieth-Century Greek American and Italian American Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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This book is a comparative study of six Italian American and Greek American literary works written in the three last decades of the 20th century and examined in pairs. Based on the common theme of the authors' return, either metaphorical or literal to the country of origin and its culture, Return Narratives explores the common motifs of mythology, ritual, and storytelling where the third generation writers resort to in their quest for self-definition. With a common historical and cultural background in the old neighboring countries, Greece and Italy, and a similar reception in the new world facilitating a comparative approach, the ethnic writers of the two literatures, clearly envisage ethnic space as a site of resilience and empowerment.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-08-29
Mått161 x 237 x 22 mm
Vikt494 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieThe Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Antal sidor208
FörlagAssociated University Presses
ISBN9781611479942

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: (De)Mystified Ethnic Space: Novels of the SeventiesChapter 1 The Return to the Self and the Mystified Homeland: Daphne Athas’sCora (1978)Chapter 2 Ethnic Space, Umbertina Women (1979), and the Voyage to Self-DefinitionPart II: Persephone Returns Home: A Greek American and an Italian American Work of the NinetiesChapter 3Mythic Wanderings in Catherine Temma Davidson’s The PriestFainted (1998)Chapter 4 Italian-American Persephone in a Sicilian Setting: Susan Caperna Lloyd’s No Pictures in My Grave (1992)Part III: Ethnic “History” and Storytelling: Voicing the MaleChapter 5 Reared by Myth and Folklore: Stratis Haviaras’s When the Tree Sings (1979)Chapter 6 Ethnic Fables of Social Justice: Tony Ardizzone’s In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu (1999)Closings and OpeningsWorks Cited

Return Narratives marks a beginning point in the comparative study of Greek American and Italian American literature, particularly with regard to what they can tell us about ethnic self-identification and space. Patrona’s detailed close readings of the six texts illuminate useful areas of thought and illustrate the limitations imposed on the characters in their journey of ethnic identity creation.