Title Lives beyond borders : US immigrant women's life writing, nationality, and social justice / Ina C. Seethaler

Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) Series SUNY series in multiethnic literatures SUNY series in multiethnic literature. Contents Introduction: Reading memoirs by immigrant women in the United States -- A genre for justice : life writing and undocumented migration -- Living like an alien : blackness, migration, and depression -- Transnational adoptee life writing : oppressed voices and genre choices -- (Re)negotiating the self : collective memoir and border crossings -- Life narratives and the Syrian refugee crisis -- Epilogue: The power and future of immigrant women's life writing Summary A cross-cultural, comparative study of contemporary life writing by women who migrated to the United States from Mexico, Ghana, South Korea, and Iran, Lives beyond Borders broadens and deepens critical work on immigrant life writing. Ina C. Seethaler investigates how these autobiographical texts--through genre mixing, motifs of doubling, and other techniques--challenge stereotypes, social hierarchies, and the supposed fixity of identity and lend literary support to grassroots social justice efforts. Seethaler's approach to literary analysis is both interdisciplinary and accessible. While Lives beyond Borders draws on feminist theory, critical race theory, and disability and migration studies, it also uses stories to engage and interest readers in issues related to migration and social change. In so doing, the book reevaluates the purpose, form, and audience of immigrant life writing. -- Publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2021) Subject American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Immigrants' writings, American -- History and criticism Autobiography -- Women authors -- History and criticism National characteristics in literature. Minorities in literature. Literature and society. American literature -- Women authors Autobiography -- Women authors Immigrants' writings, American Literature and society Minorities in literature National characteristics in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 1438486219 9781438486215

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