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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Jewish Americans"”.
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Traumatic Family Narratives in a Cosmopolitan World: Identity in American Third Generation Holocaust Survivors
… in America juxtaposed with identity of adult Jewish Americans whose families were not directly impacted by the Holocaust. Original research in the form of oral history is analyzed using sociological frameworks.</p>
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“Anglo-Saxons of the East”: Redefining Armenians in Early Twentieth Century America
… the text also provided a voice to Armenian Americans in an era where the American public knew them only through paternalistic aid campaigns and fundraiser slogans in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide. To analyze The Armenians in America as a work to redefine the Armenian American …
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PASSING AS JEWISH: THE MATERIAL CONSEQUENCES OF RACE AND THE PROPERTY OF WHITENESS IN LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY PASSING NOVELS
This thesis discusses passing and performing as Jewish in Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen, Caucasia by Danzy Senna, and The Human Stain by Philip Roth. In the introduction, I provide historical background on the development of the concept of race, Jewish American assimilation, and racial …
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The Value of Holidays in World War I America
… on the homefront and overseas, and strengthening Americans’ emotional connection to the war.</p> <p>Surprisingly, the Fourth of July became an international holiday which emphasized the United States’ historical ties to France, and the shared values between the United States and Great Britain. …
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Going Away to Find Home: A Comparative Study of Heritage/Homeland Tourism
… college-aged American Jews, middle-class African Americans and white families with adopted Chinese daughters shape and define the imagined community through the brief face-to-face experience of the group homeland tour. </p><p>This dissertation takes the reader on tour, and analyzes the …