The writer and the overseas childhood
Subtitle: the third culture literature of Kingsolver, McEwan and others
By: Antje M. Rauwerda
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780786449002
Subjects: Exiles' writings; History and criticism; Expatriate authors
Description: "This study surveys 17 authors with "expat" backgrounds to define "third culture literature," a burgeoning yet unrecognized branch of international writing characterized by expressions of dislocation, loss, and disenfranchisement. By explicating how the shared cultural details of these writers emerge in literary themes and images, this work introduces third culture literature as a separate field"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: When writers grow up expat; title: Third culture reading; title: Adult situations and secret perversions in the writings of former military brats; title: When your parents work for God: the fiction writing of former missionary kids; title: Conclusion: Barbara Kingsolver's The poisonwood bible as third culture literature.