Postnational United States Regional Hinterlands : Proulx's Ethnic Working-Class Communities in Accordion Crimes
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Postnational United States Regional Hinterlands : Proulx's Ethnic Working-Class Communities in Accordion Crimes
Description
Essay analyzing Annie Proulx's novel, "Accordion Crimes," according to the ethnic groups, working-classes, and cultural identities its characters simultaneously challenge and represent. A mid-1990s United States commentary on assimilation, acculturation, race, and place-identity in which this article's author situates the novel. The symbol of the accordion across cultural and geographic lines, within and across certain immigrant communities in the United States, in environments that temper American myths of upward mobility, and within musical communities of diverse qualities.
Creator
Werden, Douglas
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Lexington Books
Date
2009
Language
en
Type
Book Section
Coverage
19th century - 20th century; United States
Contribution Form
Zotero
Editor
Hunt, Alex
ISBN
9780739123942
Book Title
The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx : Rethinking Regionalism
Pages
51-61
Place
Lanham, Maryland
Publisher
Lexington Books
URL
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