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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Małgorzata Jarmołowicz-DziekońskaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781032379203ISBN 10: 1032379200 Pages: 286 Publication Date: 28 April 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Maps of Meaning and Cultural Contextualisation: Cultural Studies from a Critical Perspective 2. Ethnic Negotiations: Japanese Americans within the Ethnic Paradigm 3. ‘The Others’ in the American Land: Japanese Immigrants and Their Descendants through the Lens of Postcolonial Studies 3.1. Japanese Americans and Hybrid Cultural Identities within a Liminal Space 4. Acculturation Theory and Its Premises 5. Evocation of the Past as a Mirror for the Present: Japanese-American Works of Literature and Their Authors 6. Age in Cultural Contexts: Issei versus Nisei Generation Gap and Family Life 7. Ethnic/Social Status Dichotomy: Physically Japanese, Culturally American 7.1. Language Use and Communication 7.2. Education 7.3. Occupation 8. Cultural Distance: Split Identities and Ethnic Schizophrenia. An Outward Culture Perspective 8.1. Festival Celebrations, Customs and Cuisine 8.2. Culture and Etiquette 8.3. Sartorial Code 8.4. Dance 9. Within and beyond Assimilation: Collectivistic versus Individualistic Cultural Value Orientations. An Inward Culture Perspective 10. Gender Paradox: Male Authority in a Matriarchal Society Conclusion BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationMałgorzata Jarmołowicz-Dziekońska, PhD (Faculty of Philology, University of Białystok, Poland), dedicates her research work to the relationship of literature and culture by exploring their textual intersections and mapping their locus within the matrix of the contemporary literary criticism. Her major fields of academic interest comprise ecocriticism, postcolonial and cultural studies with a focus on ethnicity and identity formation in the context of immigrant narratives. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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