University Press of America
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978-0-7618-6227-7 • Hardback • December 2013 • $62.00 • (£42.95)
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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.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Chasing SabrinaChapter I: Who Do You Think You Are? Questions of IdentityChapter II: Defining an “American” ParisChapter III: The Research: Meeting Americans in Paris
Chapter IV: The Parable of the Letter Jacket Chapter V: Modes of Exodus: Transplantation, Expatriation, ExileChapter VI: The Problematic Second Person: Learning and Speaking French
Chapter VII: Madame la Maîtresse d’Anglais: Working in FranceChapter VIII: Mommy or Maman? Tension in Child-Rearing
Chapter IX: Stars Versus Stripes: Nationality in QuestionChapter X: Imposter’s Paradise: “Being” and “Becoming” French
Conclusion: Being Julia BoitBibliography