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The Communally Derived Ethnic Self in Richard Rodriguez’s Hunger of Memory

The Communally Derived Ethnic Self in Richard Rodriguez’s Hunger of Memory Abstract: This essay offers a reinterpretation of conventional readings of the connection between individualist and assimilationist arguments in Hunger of Memory , and a reconsideration of Rodriguez’s depiction of the ethnic self. Ultimately, Rodriguez’s individualist stance is a surface posture, underneath which one finds a more fundamental desire for community. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png a/b: Auto/Biography Studies Autobiography Society, Inc.

The Communally Derived Ethnic Self in Richard Rodriguez’s Hunger of Memory

García, Michael Nieto.
a/b: Auto/Biography Studies , Volume 28 (1) – Aug 8, 2013
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Abstract: This essay offers a reinterpretation of conventional readings of the connection between individualist and assimilationist arguments in Hunger of Memory , and a reconsideration of Rodriguez’s depiction of the ethnic self. Ultimately, Rodriguez’s individualist stance is a surface posture, underneath which one finds a more fundamental desire for community.

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Published: Aug 8, 2013

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