Slippery characters : ethnic impersonators and American identities /

This work examines the tradition of ethnic impersonators in the United States. It looks at works such as Welsh Baptist Elizabeth Stern's immigrant narrative "I am a Woman - and a Jew", and uncovers their surprising influence on American notions of identity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Browder, Laura, 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
Series:	Cultural studies of the United States.
Subjects:	American prose literature > History and criticism. Autobiography. Literary forgeries and mystifications > History. Impostors and imposture in literature. Difference (Psychology) in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Passing (Identity) in literature. Group identity in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Impersonation in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Self in literature. Electronic book. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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