Writing Between Cultures

Holly E. Martin is a professor emeritus from the English Department at Appalachian State University, where she specialized in ethnic U.S. literature. She has authored a book and numerous articles on ethnic and multilingual literature that have appeared in such journals such as Comparative American Studies, The Journal of American Culture, and Asian American Literature.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ethnicity, Ethnic Literature and Hybrid NarrativesOne• Magical Realism: Blurring the Boundaries Between the Magical and the OrdinaryTwo• Surveying the Land: Hybridity in Landscapes and Sites of U.S. Ethnic LiteratureThree• Mythical and Legendary Figures: Forming Fictional Multicultural IdentitiesFour• Comedy and Tragedy: The Ironic Double Spaces of Ethnic HumorFive• Multilingual Expression: Hybrid Perspectives Through LanguageConclusion: Hybrid Perspectives and the Demarginalization of Ethnic Literature in the United StatesWorks CitedIndex