Immigration narratives in young adult literature : crossing borders / Joanne Brown.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 42.Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2011.Description: x, 164 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780810860568 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0810860562
  • 9780810877672 (ebook)
  • 0810877678 (ebook)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS 228 .E55 B74 2011
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Contents:
Preface -- The golden door -- The beckoning shores -- The journey -- Strangers in a strange land -- Illustrated immigration -- Immigrant children: rebels with a cause -- Conclusion.
Summary: Although the United States prides itself as a nation of diversity, the country that boasts of its immigrant past also wrestles with much of its immigrant present. While conflicting attitudes about immigration are debated, newcomers--both legal and otherwise--continue to arrive on American soil. And books about the immigrant experience--aimed at both adults and youth--are published with a fair amount of frequency. In Immigration Narrative in Young Adult Literature: Crossing Borders, Joanne Brown explores the experiences of adolescents as portrayed in young adult novels. Her study features protagon.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index.

Preface -- The golden door -- The beckoning shores -- The journey -- Strangers in a strange land -- Illustrated immigration -- Immigrant children: rebels with a cause -- Conclusion.

Although the United States prides itself as a nation of diversity, the country that boasts of its immigrant past also wrestles with much of its immigrant present. While conflicting attitudes about immigration are debated, newcomers--both legal and otherwise--continue to arrive on American soil. And books about the immigrant experience--aimed at both adults and youth--are published with a fair amount of frequency. In Immigration Narrative in Young Adult Literature: Crossing Borders, Joanne Brown explores the experiences of adolescents as portrayed in young adult novels. Her study features protagon.

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