The Marginalizing Effect of Ethnic Expectations: John Fante's 'Asian' Writings
In this essay, I consider Italian-American writer John Fante’s ‘Asian’ writings, namely The Little Brown Brothers (1930s) and “The Dreamer” (1947), and the role these works had in defining Fante’s success alternatively as an American and an Italian American writer. The focus on ethnic consciousness,...
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Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Iperstoria |
| Online Access: | https://iperstoria.it/article/view/584 |