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Race Characters : Ethnic Literature and the Figure of the American Dream /

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"A vexed figure inhabits U.S. literature and culture: the visibly racialized immigrant who disavows minority identity and embraces the American dream. Such figures are potent and controversial for they promise to atone for racial violence and perpetuate an exceptionalist ideal of America. In th...

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Main Author:	Rana, Swati (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Minorities in literature. American literature > Minority authors. American Dream in literature. Electronic books.
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