Fifties ethnicities : the ethnic novel and mass culture at midcentury /
Floreani, Tracy.
Fifties ethnicities : the ethnic novel and mass culture at midcentury / Tracy Floreani. - 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations - SUNY series in multiethnic literature . - SUNY series in multiethnic literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Cultural narratives and American identities -- The land of plenty : American popular culture and the literary immigrant in C.Y. Lee's The Flower Drum Song and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- What's for sale : consumer fantasy, American women, and narratives of social mobility in Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and The I Love Lucy Show -- The celluloid fantasy : negotiating the ethnic male star image in William Saroyan's Rock Wagram -- Leaving the dark room in a lighter mood : narrating invisibility in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
This book demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in mid-twentieth-century America.
9781438447704 (electronic bk.) 1438447701 (electronic bk.) 1438447698 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9781438447698 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1900-1999
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethnicity in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs issus des minorités--Histoire et critique.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Immigrants dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
American literature--Minority authors.
Ethnicity in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.M56 / F57 2013eb
810.9/920693
Fifties ethnicities : the ethnic novel and mass culture at midcentury / Tracy Floreani. - 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations - SUNY series in multiethnic literature . - SUNY series in multiethnic literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Cultural narratives and American identities -- The land of plenty : American popular culture and the literary immigrant in C.Y. Lee's The Flower Drum Song and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita -- What's for sale : consumer fantasy, American women, and narratives of social mobility in Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and The I Love Lucy Show -- The celluloid fantasy : negotiating the ethnic male star image in William Saroyan's Rock Wagram -- Leaving the dark room in a lighter mood : narrating invisibility in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man.
This book demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in mid-twentieth-century America.
9781438447704 (electronic bk.) 1438447701 (electronic bk.) 1438447698 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9781438447698 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1900-1999
American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Ethnicity in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs issus des minorités--Histoire et critique.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Immigrants dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
American fiction.
American literature--Minority authors.
Ethnicity in literature.
Immigrants in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.M56 / F57 2013eb
810.9/920693