Doing Family in Second-Generation British Migration Literature / / Corinna Assmann.

Due to the large-scale global transformations of the 20th century, migration literature has become a vibrant genre over the last decades. In these novels, issues of transcultural identity and belonging naturally feature prominently. This study takes a closer look at the ways in which the idea of fam...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Media and Cultural Memory , 25
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 291 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1. Introduction: Family Matters in Contemporary British Migration Literature
  • 2. Family Practices and Cultures of Relatedness
  • 3. Uncovering Family History: The Intergenerational Construction of Identity through Family Memory
  • 4. Family Secrets and Religious Conflict in the Muslim Diaspora
  • 5. Family Memoirs: Relational Life Writing
  • 6. Four Topoi of ‘Doing Family’: Food, Home, Photography, and the Body
  • Works Cited
  • Index