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9780742513617

Yesterday's Self Nostalgia and the Immigrant Identity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742513617

  • ISBN10:

    0742513610

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-15
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

In Yesterday's Self, Andreea Ritivoi explores the philosophical and historical dimensions of nostalgia in the lives of immigrants, forging a connection between current trends in the philosophy of identity and intercultural studies. The book considers such questions as, Does attachment to one's native culture preclude or merely influence adaptation into a new culture? Do we fashion our identity in interdependence with others, or do we shape it in a non-contingent frame? Is it possible to assimilate in an unfamiliar world without risking self-alienation? Ritivoi's response: nostalgia is both the poison and the cure in such situations.

Author Biography

Andreea Deciu Ritivoi is assistant professor of English and rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Introduction 1(12)
Longing to Be Home
13(30)
An Integrationist Model of Identity
43(30)
Going Native: Nostalgia and Solitude
73(28)
Going Home: Adjustment as Recognition
101(20)
``The Unbearable Lightness of Being''
121(32)
The Contingent Self
153(20)
Bibliography 173(7)
Index 180(4)
About the Author 184

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