Description: Further DetailsTitle: Multilingual AmericaCondition: NewSubtitle: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American LiteratureISBN-10: 0814780938EAN: 9780814780930ISBN: 9780814780930Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/01/1998Description: Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn-about America, immigration and ethnicity-from them? Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to-and seeks to correct-the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 739gContributor: Werner Sollors (Edited by)Author: Werner SollorsGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Language & Reference, Literary CriticismRelease Year: 1998 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Multilingual America
Title: Multilingual America
Subtitle: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Litera
ISBN-10: 0814780938
EAN: 9780814780930
ISBN: 9780814780930
Release Date: 08/01/1998
Release Year: 1998
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Werner Sollors (Edited by)
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Literary Criticism
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Name: Multilingual America : Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Subject: General, American / General, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 26.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Werner Sollors
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
