Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Routledge Handbook of Literary Multilingualism |
Editors | Steven G. Kellman, Natasha Lvovich |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 3-17 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9780429298745 |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Abstract
This chapter is an introduction to translingual memoir. The main focus is texts written in English, such as Leila Ahmeds A Border Passage, and book-length narratives, although essays are also discussed. The chapter concludes with a brief overview of translingual memoirs in some other European languages. I argue from examples that translingual memoirs tend to identify translingual experience with transcultural experience.