Product Summary: West of the Border

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West of the Border

West of the Border

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Pros	• Presents a discussion of Native American, African American, and other multicultural literature. • Provides some historical and biographical background to explain signifance of these multicultural writings.

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This work is a discussion of the borderland upon which multicultural writers position themselves. Noreen Groover Lape explores the contradictions in American society, brought about by cultural contact points. These points of contact create chaos and contradictions, but they also create the catalyst by which multicultural literary voices emerge.

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•	Author: Noreen Groover Lape
•	ISBN: 0821413465
•	Publisher: Ohio University Press

Guide Review

West of the Border In the end, it may not be so important how these writers felt, or what they intended their works to be or become. These works are "noncanonical," which means they aren't widely studied in academic circles. While these writers and their works are complex and varied, perhaps the most important factor that links these writers together is how they all managed to make a difference to multicultural literary history. Read more about this book...
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