| Crossing Borders: Inner- And Intercultural Exchanges in a Multicultural Society Contributor(s): Ickstadt, Heinz (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631303106 ISBN-13: 9783631303108 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous |
| Dewey: 810.935 |
| LCCN: 97016296 |
| Physical Information: 175 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays by French and German scholars of American Studies addresses issues of real or metaphorical transgressions of boundaries in American literature, culture, and society. It is thus predominantly focussed on texts and topics of racial mixing and cultural hybridization in American and African-American, Puerto Rican, Caribbean, and Canadian literature. Yet some of the essays take the issue further by probing into the ethical implications of boundary crossing in such areas as medicine and advertisement. The book is thus based on the assumption that in a society for which transgression increasingly becomes a matter of cultural identity, the problems of boundary crossing encompass all areas and aspects of its existence. |
