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Multiple Identities & Double Consciousness Literature & Language Essay

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Wk 4 Discussion - Multiple Identities and Double Consciousness

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

 

Writings in this period by African American, Asian American, Native American, and Hispanic American writers explore multiple identities and double consciousness. These authors described the experience of living inside, around, and beside many different identities in America. Many of the writers that you have read this week also come from family cultures with strong oral traditions.

 

What similarities or differences do you see among these works? Provide specific examples.

 

What do you think the authors of this literature hoped to convey through their writings? Provide some examples.

 

Why did ethnic literature emerge as a cultural force in the post-World War 2 period?

 

 

 

Reading material:

LIT/265: Survey of American Literature Since 1860

American Ethnic Literature

Readings

  • Ramsdell, L. (2004). Language and Identity Politics: The Linguistic Autobiographies of Latinos in the United States. Journal of Modern Literature, 28(1), 166–176.

Gwendolyn Brooks

  • Brooks, Gwendolyn. (2006). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present:, 133-135.
  • Brooks, G. (1963). Selected poems.

James Baldwin

  • Baldwin, James (Arthur) (1924-1987). (2006). Major 21st-Century Writers, n/a.
  • Baldwin, J. (1927). A story of the golden age.

Yusef Komunyakaa

  • Komunyakaa, Yusef (2008). Contemporary Poets, 650-651.
  • Komunyakaa, Y. (2001). Dien cai dau: Facing it. Pleasure Dome: New & Collected Poems, 234–235.

Gloria Anzaldúa

  • Anzaldúa, Gloria. (2000). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present:, 37-38.
  • Anzaldúa, G. (1987). Borderlands: La frontera.

Simon J. Ortiz

  • Ortiz, Simon J. (2006). Contemporary Poets, 894-895.
  • Gibbs, J. (2012). In the beautiful, violent swirl of America: Simon Ortiz’s “From Sand Creek,” thirty years later. American Poetry Review, 41(4), 35–37.
  • Ortiz, S. (1941). From sand creek: Rising in this which is our America.

Rudolfo Anaya

  • Anaya, Rudolfo Alfonso. (2007). Encyclopedia of World Biography, 17-19.
  • Rodrigues, R. J. (2008). Review of Bless Me, Ultima. Children's Literature Review, 63-65.
  • Anaya, R. (1972). Bless me, Ultima.

Sandra Cisneros

  • Cisneros, Sandra. (2001). Contemporary Novelists, 190-192.
  • Cisneros, S. (1984). House on Mango Street.

Amy Tan

  • Tan, Amy. (2006). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, 119-120.
  • Tan, A. (1989). Two kinds.

Li-Young Lee

  • Lee, Li-Young. (2006). Contemporary Poets, 679-680.
  • Lee, L. (1990). The city in which I love you.

Maxine Hong Kingston

  • Kingston, Maxine Hong. (2006). American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present:, 315-317.
  • Trinh Moser, L. (2016). On Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior. Critical Insights: The Woman Warrior, 3–18.
  • Kingston, M. (1976). The woman warrior.

Leslie Marmon Silko

  • Silko, Leslie Marmon. (2006). Contemporary Novelists, 905-907.
  • Silko, L. (1974). Lullaby.

Sherman Alexie

  • Sherman Alexie. (2004). Encyclopedia of World Biography, 141-142.
  • Alexie, S. (1993). The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven.

Multimedia

  • California Newsreel (1990). "Giovanni's Room" (03:36) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
  • RTSI Radio TV Switzerland (1994). Natural Story-Teller (02:59) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
  • RTSI Radio TV Switzerland (1994). Self-Image of Native Americans (04:27) [Video file]. Films on Demand.

 

 

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Multiple Identities and Double Consciousness
What similarities or differences do you see among these works? Provide specific examples.
African American, Asian American, Native American, and Hispanic American authors focused on being treated differently and ‘othering’ by white America. Their place in mainstream America was and is questioned, and the authors felt cultural displacement. However, Native American and Hispanic American have focused more on America’s colonial past, and the use of language, which is an important part of their culture and identity. Ramsdell (166) highlights how language development affected Hispanics where many are bilingual in the U.S. as language is a marker of identity and identity is political. Asian American, Native American and Hispanic Americans are expected to assimilate to mainstream culture and abandon their cultures. African Americans have long focused on their treatment before and after the end of slavery.
What do you think the authors of this literature hoped to convey through their writings? Provide some examples.
The authors sought to challenge American narratives about African Americans, Asian Americans, Na...
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