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 Ozdamar 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...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Schwalen, Anja Margarethe
Other Authors:	Powell, Larson M. (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2010]
Subjects:	Major Comparative Literature. Puerto Rican Literature Ethnic Women Writers Turkish-German Literature
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy