Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its st

"American literature appears here as more than an offshoot of a single mother country, or of many mother countries, but rather as the interaction among diverse

Explores the ways in which writers of American literature have represented encounters between communities speaking different languages.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Whose America?; 2. The alien specter then and now; 3. Hyphenated identity; 4. Foreign accents and immigrant En

This book tackles the controversial language issues facing an increasingly diverse nation. Highlighting the roles non-English languages have had in American his