Nagai, Kaori (2008) Dream Shibboleth. Journal of European Studies, 38 (4). pp. 421-430. E-ISSN 1740-2379. (doi:10.1177/0047244108097534) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:82423)
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Abstract
This article characterizes diaspora writing as a kind of dream writing, through the reading of two autobiographical works by Mary Antin (1881—1949), a Russian-Jewish immigrant to America. It dreams of the possibility of a `dream shibboleth', a password through which to bypass the law of the tribal shibboleths which condemn migrants to the border and the never-ending process of self-translation. It is the immigrants' wish to survive and make a home wherever they happen to land that makes their nightly adventure a scene of dream writing, in which the scars of border-crossing magically turn themselves into rich and nutritious seeds which aid their journey.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0047244108097534 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Mary Antin |
Subjects: |
P Language and Literature P Language and Literature > PS American literature |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of English |
Depositing User: | Kaori Nagai |
Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2020 22:17 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:26 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/82423 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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