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050 0 0 _aPS 228 .E55 B74 2011
049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aBrown, Joanne,
_d1933-2021.
245 1 0 _aImmigration narratives in young adult literature :
_bcrossing borders /
_cJoanne Brown.
260 _aLanham, Md. :
_bScarecrow Press,
_c2011.
300 _ax, 164 pages ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aScarecrow studies in young adult literature
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- The golden door -- The beckoning shores -- The journey -- Strangers in a strange land -- Illustrated immigration -- Immigrant children: rebels with a cause -- Conclusion.
520 _aAlthough 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.
650 0 _aYoung adult literature, American
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aImmigrants' writings, American
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aAmerican literature
_y20th century
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aEmigration and immigration in literature.
650 0 _aImmigrants in literature.
650 0 _aYoung adults in literature.
830 0 _aScarecrow studies in young adult literature ;
_v42.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010031817-b.html
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