Steerage and Ten Other Stories

Steerage and Ten Other Stories PDF Author: José Rodrigues Miguéis
Publisher: Gavea-Brown Publications
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Steerage and Ten Other Stories

Steerage and Ten Other Stories PDF Author: José Rodrigues Miguéis
Publisher: Gavea-Brown Publications
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Multilingual America

Multilingual America PDF Author: Werner Sollors
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814780930
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn-about America, immigration and ethnicity-from them? Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to-and seeks to correct-the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.

Miguéis--to the Seventh Decade

Miguéis--to the Seventh Decade PDF Author: John Austin Kerr
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Crossroads

Crossroads PDF Author:
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Category : Brazil
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Papers from the 1st- Symposium on Portuguese Traditions.

Obras de José Rodrigues Miguéis: O milagre segundo salomé

Obras de José Rodrigues Miguéis: O milagre segundo salomé PDF Author: José Rodrigues Miguéis
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Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 344

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Obras de José Rodrigues Miguéis: Léah e outras histórias

Obras de José Rodrigues Miguéis: Léah e outras histórias PDF Author: José Rodrigues Miguéis
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Languages : pt-BR
Pages : 276

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Proceedings - Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages

Proceedings - Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages PDF Author:
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Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Contains the proceedings of the 26th-30th annual meeting.

Luso-American Literature

Luso-American Literature PDF Author: Robert Henry Moser
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813550572
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 415

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Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants have had a significant presence in North America since the nineteenth century. Recently, Brazilians have also established vibrant communities in the U.S. This anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the writings of these diverse Portuguese-speaking, or "Luso-American" voices. Historically linked by language, colonial experience, and cultural influence, yet ethnically distinct, Luso-Americans have often been labeled an "invisible minority." This collection seeks to address this lacuna, with a broad mosaic of prose, poetry, essays, memoir, and other writings by more than fifty prominent literary figures--immigrants and their descendants, as well as exiles and sojourners. It is an unprecedented gathering of published, unpublished, forgotten, and translated writings by a transnational community that both defies the stereotypes of ethnic literature, and embodies the drama of the immigrant experience.

Global Impact of the Portuguese Language

Global Impact of the Portuguese Language PDF Author: Asela de Laguna
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351325906
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 427

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Within the cultural and literary context of contemporary Portugal and Western literature, 1998 was unquestionably the year that Portuguese writing gained international recognition as JosU Saramago became the first Portuguese writer ever to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Readers who had never thought about Portuguese letters began to consume his books and, most importantly, opted for expanding their reading lists to include other important writers not only from Portugal, but from Portuguese-speaking well beyond the borders of Portugal. Global Impact of the Portuguese Language is a collection of Portuguese writing that is as rich in content and broad in scope as the diversity of its topics and writing modes of its contributors. The book is divided into three major parts. Part 1, "Different Cultural Perspectives of Portuguese Writing," contains thirteen chapters in which the first and opening one, "Portugal: The New Frontier" ably sets the stage for the book by examining from a cultural perspective how Portugal, a peripheral country in the new world system, serves as a microcosm of the problems of cultural intercommunication in today's world. Subsequent chapters are grouped in three categories: "The Voices of the Writers," "Critical Approaches to Cames," and "Fictionalizing the Nation." Part 2, "Portuguese Language and Literature Outside Portugal," comprises one section devoted to the Portuguese language in Africa, followed by studies about Portuguese discoveries as part of the historical process of remembering and forging one's identity, and finally a comprehensive historical development of Portuguese writing, both in Portuguese and English, in the United States. Part 3, "Portuguese Literature and Criticism Available in English: Suggested Readings" details the recent literary happenings which point to a possible renaissance in Portuguese literary production. The concluding part of this volume offers a short, comprehensive listing of anthologies, general studies, and the most popular translations of the best of Portuguese writing from Portugal and Africa. This lively volume constitutes a first pioneering effort to contribute to a deepening appreciation and understanding of Portuguese writing. Anyone interested in ethnic writing will find this book an invaluable education resource with which to begin an exploration of Portuguese writing in the United States. Asela Rodriguez de Laguna is associate professor of Spanish and director of the Hispanic Civilization & Language Studies Program. She is the author of Notes on Puerto Rican Literature: Images and Identities: An Introduction, and editor of Images and Identities: The Puerto Rican in Two World Contexts.

Portuguese American Literature

Portuguese American Literature PDF Author: Reinaldo Francisco Silva
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847601081
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Literature written in English by American writers of Portuguese descent has come of age with the acclaimed work of Frank Gaspar and Katherine Vaz. This study attempts to explore America's understanding of its ethnic minorities, and the writers' own ethnic pride and celebration of their roots. It includes a full length analysis of works by Thomas Braga, Julian Silva, Alfred Lewis, Charles Felix and other voices. Born in Portugal in 1961, Reinaldo Francisco Silva emigrated to America in 1967 at age 6, settling in Newark, New Jersey. He has lectured at Rutgers University, New York University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Seton Hall University, and is currently Assistant Professor of English at the University of Aveiro in Portugal. His book, Representations of the Portuguese in American Literature was published by the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2008. This title is available as a PDF ebook from Humanities-Ebooks.co.uk and for libraries from Ebrary, EBSCO and Ingram.