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Looking forward, looking back [electronic resource] : images of Eastern European Jewish migration to America in contemporary American children's literature / Jana Pohl.

By: Pohl, Jana.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Studia imagologica, 19. Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011Description: 298 p. : ill.Subject(s): Jews in literature | Jews -- MigrationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
pt. 1. The corpus -- pt. 2. Theory : image studies -- pt. 3. The country of origin : Russia -- pt. 4. The target country : American -- pt. 5. The American dream and its poetic functions in migration narratives for children -- pt. 6. Adapting an immigrant autobiography : Mary Antin's The promised land (1912) and Rosemary Wells's Streets of gold (1999), illustrated by Dan Andreasen -- pt. 7. Conclusion -- pt. 8. References.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The corpus -- pt. 2. Theory : image studies -- pt. 3. The country of origin : Russia -- pt. 4. The target country : American -- pt. 5. The American dream and its poetic functions in migration narratives for children -- pt. 6. Adapting an immigrant autobiography : Mary Antin's The promised land (1912) and Rosemary Wells's Streets of gold (1999), illustrated by Dan Andreasen -- pt. 7. Conclusion -- pt. 8. References.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.