Janne Korkka
Biographic Data
| ID | 5401150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janne Korkka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janne |
| FAMILY NAME | Korkka |
| SIGNATURE | KORKKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-0220-5492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An autobiography in which I do not appear”
The article discusses selected works by the Western Canadian writer Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011) within the context of the biography battles which peaked during the 1990s. Kroetsch played a critical role in the formation and honing of a distinctive Prairie literary tradition in Canada, and we discuss a series of his poetic and other works published from the 1970s to 2010 which resonate with concerns raised within life-writing and life-writing crit…
The smell of an impossible dream
A Latin Caribbean (forced) migration experience is at the centre of Angie Cruz’s 2005 novel, Let It Rain Coffee, which depicts the life and history of the Colón family in three different time periods (the early 1920s, the 1960s, and the 1990s) in the Dominican Republic as well as in New York City. This article focuses on the early 1990s immigrant experience of Esperanza Colón, whose addiction to the television show Dallas becomes illustrative of …
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The smell of an impossible dream
A Latin Caribbean (forced) migration experience is at the centre of Angie Cruz’s 2005 novel, Let It Rain Coffee, which depicts the life and history of the Colón family in three different time periods (the early 1920s, the 1960s, and the 1990s) in the Dominican Republic as well as in New York City. This article focuses on the early 1990s immigrant experience of Esperanza Colón, whose addiction to the television show Dallas becomes illustrative of …
An autobiography in which I do not appear”
The article discusses selected works by the Western Canadian writer Robert Kroetsch (1927–2011) within the context of the biography battles which peaked during the 1990s. Kroetsch played a critical role in the formation and honing of a distinctive Prairie literary tradition in Canada, and we discuss a series of his poetic and other works published from the 1970s to 2010 which resonate with concerns raised within life-writing and life-writing crit…
History (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing (1 work) · Biography (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)