The influence of mixed-race identity in American literature

Who never experiences an identity crisis in his life? Defining his identity can be complicated for some of us, so imagine the challenge for mixed-race individuals. For some, there is a need to choose one race over the other, for others, it is considered as a cultural wealth. In this book, you will discover the impact of a mixed-race identity in the US. As a multicultural country, there are numerous mixed-race individuals. The book specifically presents a few mixed-race authors for whom defining their identity was a challenge. Louise Erdrich provides a Native American perspective of the issues of self-identification through her novel "Love Medicine". Nella Larsen describes the concept of passing in her novel "Passing", whereas Natasha Threthewey offers a poetic view of the difficulties encountered by African Americans in "Thrall". Julia Alvarez and her biographic novel "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" completes this book with an Hispanic perspective on the topic.

Autorentext

Jessica Saillen was born to a Swiss father and a Mauritian mother. She grew up in Switzerland, where she studied English literature at the University of Fribourg. The topic of this book was greatly influenced by her multicultural background, along with her semester in the United States.