American dream and German nightmare? identity, gender, and memory in the autobiographic work of Esmeralda Santiago and Emine Sevgi Ozdamar
This thesis compares the autobiographic work of Esmeralda Santiago and Emine Sevgi Özdamar focusing on the aspects of ethnic identity, gender, as well as history and memory. The argument is that both authors' work not only reflects the cultural origins of each writer and her trauma of loss, but...
Main Author: | Schwalen, Anja Margarethe |
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Other Authors: | Powell, Larson M. |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en_US |
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2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1905 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1905 |
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