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Konzett  \nEthnic Modernisms 􀀂  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nEthnic Modernisms 􀀂  \nAnzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston,  \nJean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Dislocation  \nDelia Caparoso Konzett  \nETHNIC MODERNISMS  \nCopyright © Delia Caparoso Konzett, 2002.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.  \nFirst published 2002 by  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN™  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and  \nHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS.  \nCompanies and representatives throughout the world.  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.  \nISBN 0-312-29345-3 hardback  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nKonzett, Delia Caparoso.  \nEthnic modernisms : Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the aesthetics of dislocation / by Delia Caparoso Konzett.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-312-29345-3  \n1. American literature—Women authors—History and criticism.  \n2. Emigration and immigration in literature. 3. Women and literature—United States—History—20th century. 4. Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?–1970—Criticism and interpretation. 5. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 6. Hurston, Zora Neale—Criticism and interpretation. 7. Rhys, Jean—Criticism and interpretation. 8. African Americans in literature. 9. Ethnic groups in literature. 10. Expatriation in literature. 11. Immigrants in literature. 12. Modernism (Literature)  \n13. Jews in literature. I. Title.  \nPS228 .E55 K66 2002  \n810.9’920691—dc21 2002069379 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nDesign by Letra Libre, Inc.  \nFirst edition: November 2002  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America.  \nDedications  \nFor Matthias  \n&  \nFor My Parents, Antonio and Magdalina  \nThis page intentionally left blank  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix  \nPermissions xi  \nAbbreviations xiii  \nIntroduction Ethnic Modernisms and Their Avant-Gardes 1  \nChapter I Anzia Yezierska and the Experience of  \nthe Assimilated Jew 19  \nIntroduction  \nThe New Immigration as Ethnic Catalyst  \nThe Experience of Immigrant English in Hungry Hearts  \nThe Conscious Pariah: Toward a Transnational Aesthetics  \nFrom Hollywood to Hester Street: The Image of the  \nAssimilated Jew in Hungry Hearts the Film  \nChapter II Black Folk Culture and the Aesthetics of  \nDislocation in Zora Neale Hurston 69  \nIntroduction  \nRace, Nation and Art: The Harlem Renaissance  \nThe Folk in Harlem: Zora Neale Hurston’s Urban Folklore  \nThe Transnational Perspective: The Experience of the African Diaspora in Tell My Horse and Moses, Man of the Mountain  \n“Getting in Touch with the True South”: Pet Negroes,  \nWhite Crackers and Racial Staging in Seraph on the Suwanee  \nChapter III White Mythologies: Jean Rhys’s Aesthetics of Posthumanism 127  \nIntroduction  \nWide Sargasso Sea: White Masks and Their Creolization  \nAn Expatriate among Expatriates: The Banality of Exile  \nGood Morning, Midnight: Commodity, Distraction,  \nand the Displaced Masses  \nConcluding Remarks on the Marketability of Ethnicity 167  \nNotes 169  \nWorks Cited 187  \nIndex 197  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis study has benefited greatly from the help and commentary of  \nMiriam Hansen, Katie Trumpener, Angel Medina, Mary Lou Emery,  \nDonald Marshall, Charles Musser, and Matthias Konzett as well asthe excellent anonymous readers supplied by Palgrave. I would also like to thank the editors ofAmerican Lite","cbCaig3scE4bp1uj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig3scE4bp1uj","pdf",1615222,217,"English","# Introduction Ethnic Modernisms and Their Avant-Gardes\n# Chapter I Anzia Yezierska and the Experience of the Assimilated Jew\n## The New Immigration as Ethnic Catalyst\n## The Experience of Immigrant English in Hungry Hearts\n## The Conscious Pariah: Toward a Transnational Aesthetics\n## From Hollywood to Hester Street: The Image of the Assimilated Jew in Hungry Hearts the Film\n# Chapter II Black Folk Culture and the Aesthetics of Dislocation in Zora Neale Hurston\n## Race, Nation and Art: The Harlem Renaissance\n## The Folk in Harlem: Zora Neale Hurston’s Urban Folklore\n## The Transnational Perspective: The Experience of the African Diaspora in Tell My Horse and Moses, Man of the Mountain\n## “Getting in Touch with the True South”: Pet Negroes, White Crackers and Racial Staging in Seraph on the Suwanee\n# Chapter III White Mythologies: Jean Rhys’s Aesthetics of Posthumanism\n## Wide Sargasso Sea: White Masks and Their Creolization\n## An Expatriate among Expatriates: The Banality of Exile\n## Good Morning, Midnight: Commodity, Distraction, and the Displaced Masses\n## Concluding Remarks on the Marketability of Ethnicity\n# Notes\n# Works Cited\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What writers and themes does the book connect?\",\"answer\":\"The book centers on Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jean Rhys, connecting their work to assimilation, immigration, racial nationhood, exile, and the aesthetics of dislocation.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the argument organized across the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter I addresses Yezierska’s experience of the assimilated Jew and immigrant English, Chapter II examines Hurston’s black folk culture and transnational dislocation, and Chapter III analyzes Rhys’s white mythologies and posthumanist aesthetics.\"},{\"question\":\"What specific outcomes or conclusions are highlighted in Chapter III?\",\"answer\":\"Chapter III includes concluding remarks on the marketability of ethnicity, framing how ethnic representation and displacement operate within Rhys’s literary approach.\"}]","Ethnic Modernisms - Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Dislocation | PDF",1789773780,334]