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Yesterday's Self : Nostalgia and the Immigrant Identity. Cover Image

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Yesterday's Self : Nostalgia and the Immigrant Identity

Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu 1970- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1461622832
ISBN: 9781461622833
Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages).
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Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Longing to Be Home; Chapter 2 An Integrationist Model of Identity; Chapter 3 Going Native: Nostalgia and Solitude; Chapter 4 Going Home: Adjustment as Recognition; Chapter 5 ""The Unbearable Lightness of Being""; Chapter 6 The Contingent Self; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.