Extraordinary, Ordinary Women

Questions of Expatriate Identity in Contemporary American Paris

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Extraordinary, Ordinary Women provides an intimate portrait of twenty American expatriate women currently residing in Paris. Pulling back the veil of idealism and romanticism shrouding the women’s migrant lives, the book examines the very real pitfalls and triumphs of life after the “happily ever after.” Extraordinary, Ordinary Women examines the consequences of immigration, biculturalism, and assimilation on the individual identities of modern expatriate women.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-16
Mått:159 x 240 x 14 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:124
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780761862277

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Kelly Rogers has written for The Huffington Post, LaJeunePolitique.com, and the French Embassy’s press office in Washington, D.C. She has also coordinated projects for France’s public television channel France 3. Rogers currently teaches French language courses at the high school and undergraduate levels.

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AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Chasing SabrinaChapter I: Who Do You Think You Are? Questions of IdentityChapter II: Defining an “American” ParisChapter III: The Research: Meeting Americans in ParisChapter IV: The Parable of the Letter JacketChapter V: Modes of Exodus: Transplantation, Expatriation, ExileChapter VI: The Problematic Second Person: Learning and Speaking FrenchChapter VII: Madame la Maîtresse d’Anglais: Working in FranceChapter VIII: Mommy or Maman? Tension in Child-RearingChapter IX: Stars Versus Stripes: Nationality in QuestionChapter X: Imposter’s Paradise: “Being” and “Becoming” FrenchConclusion: Being Julia BoitBibliography