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Language, Gender, And Community In Late Twentieth-century Fiction

Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities.
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Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, & community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, & Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities.

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Language - the method of communication used in different areas. Humans and computers have many different languages.
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