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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"american immigrant"”.
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Languages of Self: American Immigrant Writers and the New Global Literature
… This dissertation explores the ways in which immigrant writers have conceived of identity, grappling not only with the social conditions which give rise to individual and collective identities, but also how these projects are depicted in the literary form. It's clear that an emerging …
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Ego identity among young people of Spanish speaking Latin American immigrant families in Melbourne, Australia
… has been reported, and none pertaining to Latin American immigrants. The present exploratory study focused upon psychological experiences among 28 families of Latin American origin living in Melbourne, Victoria, with particular attention to the experience of young people in such families. The …
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The Power of the Voice: Listening to Mexican and Central American Immigrant Experiences (1997-2010)
This dissertation examines representations of immigrant experiences in Mexican and Central American cultural texts at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. By examining immigrant experiences through the lenses of testimonial writing, fictional narrative, documentary …
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Communication as a resource for Latin American immigrant settlement in the United States: An ethnography of communication
… This speech community is comprised of Latin American immigrants residing in the United States and the staff members who serve them at an immigrant support center (ISC hereafter). I apply Hymes's (1962, 1972/1986, 1974) ethnography of communication to investigate the uses and meanings of the …
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The life stories of 1.5 generation Korean American immigrant adolescents: examining their English learning and social experiences in school
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Playing with stereotypes and building a queer community : race, sexuality and the stand-up comedy of Margaret Cho
… stereotypes, including the fag hag, the Asian American immigrant, and the black drag queen. A close look at Cho’s work in this respect reveals the efficacy, limitations, and risks of the performance of stereotypes, as well as stand-up comedy and popular entertainment in general, in serving as a …
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The Effect Of Arab American Parental Involvement In School-Based And Home-Based Activities That Support The Academic Performance Of Their Children During The Elementary School Years
… to examine the importance and effect of Arab American parental involvement in the success of their students during their elementary years. The study also provided information about the resources that allow parents to be involved at their children’s schooling, and the barriers that prevent them …
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How Far Does the Grid Go?
… from my everyday life and experiences as a Latin American immigrant, I incorporate materials from my suburban home environment in my multidisciplinary approach. I create organic forms and grids that abstract, excavate, ground and find universal truths in the quotidian. They also serve as platforms …
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La patria perdida o imaginada: translating teodoro torres in "el mexico de afuera"
… United States. This novel is a kind of Mexican-American Horacio Algiers tale, detailing the success story of Luis Alfaro, who is eventually able to create a utopian Mexican-American hacienda, called Buenavista, outside of Kansas City, Missouri. </p> <p>Due to a number of important thematic …
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Breaking the Bonds of Silence: The Immigrant Experience in Magical Realist Novels of Katherine Vaz and Chitra Divakaruni.
… with and fantastic expression of Latin-American cultural identity. However, the genre, when employed by non-American immigrant women, takes on new characteristics. It not only highlights the mystical underpinnings of everyday life but instructs in a subliminally didactic manner by …
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A Qualitative Exploration Of Trauma, Familismo, And Resilience In Three Mexican Immigrant Families.
… and other generational factors impact Mexican immigrant families. While intergenerational trauma has been well-documented among Holocaust survivors, war veterans, and historically marginalized communities, limited research has examined how such patterns manifest in Latin American immigrant …
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Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Chinese American Women Cancer Survivors Through Art Therapy
… reducing stress and instilling hope for Chinese American immigrant cancer survivors, an underserved ethnic group in the mental health service community. A mixed methods approach was applied, using the DASS21 and Herth Hope Index (HHI) for quantitative data, and the Bridge Drawing art directive …
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Balancing Multiple Worlds: The Multiverse and the Fractured Asian American Experience in <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em> (2022)
… typical story about a multi-generational Asian American family. This thesis argues that the film uses its characters as vehicles to not only illustrate the multilayered nature of Asian American realities through the allegory of “auto verse-jumping” across the multiverse, but also to …
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The Relationship Between Generation, First And Second, Ethnic Identity, Modernity, And Acculturation Among Immigrant Lebanese American Women
<p>Based on Berry’s model of acculturation, when immigrants move to a new country, they choose to live according to any one of the following four acculturation modes: assimilation, integration, separation, or marginalization. The specific cultural and psychosocial characteristics of the …
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Beyond the Economic: The Freedoms, Capabilities, and Social Capital of Latin American Women Entrepreneurs in San Francisco
… of economic development programs on Latin American women entrepreneurs in San Francisco’s Mission District. It demonstrates that microfinance, when combined with education, can provide important non-economic benefits that contribute to increased freedoms and capabilities for immigrant women …
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Revolutionary Nationalism, Imperialism and Anti-Slavery in the Trans-National Irish-American Press, 1840-1865
… dissertation is a synoptic history of the Irish-American press in the antebellum and Civil War era, the role of Irish-American newspaper editors in fostering Irish-American political identity, and Irish-American reporting on European imperialism and revolutionary nationalism. This thesis focuses …
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Hungry Spirits: Anishinaabe resistance and revitalization
… by non-Indians: two-thirds held by European American immigrant farmers and individuals who own lake cabins, resorts, or hunting grounds; the U.S. federal government including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; State of Minnesota; Becker, Mahnomen, and Clearwater counties (tax forfeiture lands); …
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Designing a Culturally Relevant Curriculum for Immigrant Mexican American Fifth-Grade Students
… be used with English language learning, Mexican American, immigrant, fifth grade children and study the responses they might have to that curriculum. The research questions were: What are the issues in developing a culturally relevant curriculum for Mexican American fifth graders? What are the …
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