Publikationen
Tales of transformation : emerging adulthood, migration, and ethnicity in contemporary American literature
AutorIn
Hertlein, Saskia
Jahr
2014
Ort
Trier
Typ der Publikation
Book
Schlagworte
emerging adulthood, novel, contemporary American literature
Datum des letzten Aufrufs
27.04.2015
Abstract
Contemporary American literature engages with multiple transformations of fictional characters who navigate realms such as age, nation, ethnicity, culture(s), religion(s), and generation(s). This book analyzes eight novels by young female writers in which the protagonists confront the task of charting their place in the world and of dealing with their “emerging adulthood,” a phenomenon that has been studied in the developmental sciences since the beginning of the 21st century. Combining emerging adulthood with other aspects of diversity, this book offers an inclusive perspective for approaching literary engagements with identity and difference that reveals connections beyond common categorizations such as race or ethnicity.