{"product_id":"waking-up-american-coming-of-age-biculturally-paperback","title":"Waking Up American: Coming of Age Biculturally - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Jane Fountas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaking Up American\u003c\/i\u003e includes original work by women who are either American-born of at least one foreign-born parent or who immigrated to the United States during childhood. The writers explore what it means to feel caught between two worlds--neither wholly American nor wholly a part of another heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultures represented include the Philippines, Germany, India, Mexico, China, Iran, Nicaragua, Japan, Russia, and Panama, among others, and are often juxtaposed with a bicultural reality, having been raised by parents who simultaneously embrace and question American values. Essays trace themes of rebellion and conformity, pride and uncertainty, sexuality and sense of self, and a heightened awareness of what it means to be \"other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese narratives examine the part cultural identity plays in creating strong, independent, hyphenated American women whose experiences are part of what makes the United States the intriguing cultural amalgamation that so many diverse peoples are proud to call home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngela Jane Fountas is a writer and editor living in Seattle. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama in 2001 and has been teaching since 1997. Her fiction has recently appeared in \u003ci\u003eDiagram, Pindeldyboz, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSyntax.\u003c\/i\u003e Her story Lydia was nominated for a 2004 Pushcart Prize. She is working on a short story collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.24 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53191503085875,"sku":"9781580051361","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UmhZVndBZEp0cDRJMjRmQnBXWDQzQT09.webp?v=1775044918","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/waking-up-american-coming-of-age-biculturally-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}