In this vein, this paper seeks to study how these issues are represented in relation to the articulation and negotiation of ‘new identities’ and how disillusioned they become in a host society which is not less barren and mirage-like than the Mojave Desert itself. 9781526606693 Escribe tu opinión Literatura en otros idiomas Literatura en inglés Resumen de THE OTHER AMERICANS A provocative and gripping novel by a gifted writer JOHN BOYNE Remarkable, timely. The Other Americans recounts the story of a Moroccan migrant family whose hope of an American dream comes to break on the shores of a reality of being ‘Othered’ relegated to a lower status by the white-dominated society. THE OTHER AMERICANS (edición en inglés) LAILA LALAMI BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING LTD. In this context, Laila Lalami casts light on the overshadowed and silenced stories of the displaced migrant in seminal works as Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, the Moor’s Account and The Other Americans. Voluntary or forced exile, diasporic characters participate in different cultural identity processes, attempting, for example, to break through solid walls of excolonial stereotypes, superiority and subjugation constructs. The Other Americans was an all round pretty solid read, which missed the mark a little for this reader. The question of identity (re)constructions across different locations is central to diasporic literature.
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