Fifties Ethnicities: The Ethnic Novel and Mass Culture at Midcentury
Author:   Tracy Floreani
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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Pages:   189
Publication Date:   01 November 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Fifties Ethnicities: The Ethnic Novel and Mass Culture at Midcentury


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Author:   Tracy Floreani
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781438447698


ISBN 10:   1438447698
Pages:   189
Publication Date:   01 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Cultural Narratives and American Identities 2. The Land of Plenty American Mass Culture and the Literary Immigrant in C. Y. Lee's The Flower Drum Song and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita 3. What's for Sale Consumer Fantasy, American Women, and Social Mobility in Gwendolyn Brooks's Maud Martha and the I Love Lucy Show 4. The Celluloid Fantasy Negotiating the Ethnic Male Star Image in William Saroyan's Rock Wagram 5. Leaving the Dark Room in a Lighter Mood Narrating Invisibility in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

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This well-written, thorough analysis is ideal for those interested in race theory, modern American popular culture, or consumer culture ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE


"""...Tracy Floreani is a highly attentive reader of film and television as well as literature, and her extensive grounding in the criticism of her texts gives her analyses particular depth. Floreani insightfully explores the spaces that link as well as separate ethnic canons and different media."" - Journal of American History ""Though studies of ethnicity have almost reached a saturation point, this decade offered Floreani the opportunity to give these studies a new lease on life."" - American Studies ""This well-written, thorough analysis is ideal for those interested in race theory, modern American popular culture, or consumer culture ... Highly recommended."" - CHOICE"


Though studies of ethnicity have almost reached a saturation point, this decade offered Floreani the opportunity to give these studies a new lease on life. - American Studies This well-written, thorough analysis is ideal for those interested in race theory, modern American popular culture, or consumer culture ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE


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Tracy Floreani is Professor of English at Oklahoma City University.

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