Singley, Carol J. Adopting America: Childhood, Kinship, and National Identity in Literature.
Carol S. Singley’s Adopting America: Childhood, Kinship, and National Identity in Literature focuses on literary representations of adoption in selected canonical and non-canonical texts from the Puritan era to the early 20th century, to show the ways in which adoption as a trope or narrative event...
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| Publicat a: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Carol S. Singley’s Adopting America: Childhood, Kinship, and National Identity in Literature focuses on literary representations of adoption in selected canonical and non-canonical texts from the Puritan era to the early 20th century, to show the ways in which adoption as a trope or narrative event highlights the historical evolution of American nationhood, family ideology, identity, and citizenship. Singley interprets adoption broadly to refer to the “care of children by non-biological pare... |
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