Ethnic modernisms: Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the aesthetics of dislocation

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by  Delia Caparoso Konzett

Ethnic Modernisms
Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and
the Aesthetics of Dislocation
Delia Caparoso Konzett
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Contents
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Wide Sargasso Sea:White Masks and Their Creolization
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An Expatriate among Expatriates: The Banality of Exile
Good Morning, Midnight:Commodity, Distraction,
and the Displaced Masses
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Miriam Hansen, Katie Trumpener, Angel Medina, Mary Lou Emery, algr
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