Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Chapter 24 Religion and Spirituality
- Chapter 25 Race
- Chapter 26 Ethnicity
- Chapter 27 Gender
- Chapter 28 Time
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Chapter 26 - Ethnicity
DeLillo and Italian America
from Part VI - Social and Cultural Constructions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
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Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Chapter 24 Religion and Spirituality
- Chapter 25 Race
- Chapter 26 Ethnicity
- Chapter 27 Gender
- Chapter 28 Time
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Summary
While Don DeLillo is an Italian American and son of immigrants, his fiction often has an ambivalent relationship with his biographical detail. He does not claim to be, and is seldom interpreted as, an ethnic writer.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 252 - 259Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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