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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"immigrant life"”.
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They, Too Sing America : Braided Narratives About Immigrants and the American Dream
<p>This collection explores issues of immigrant identity such as otherness, loneliness, and unhomeliness, and analyzes the pervasiveness of the American Dream in American culture. This work uses the vocabulary of Race theory and Postcolonial theory to offer a fuller understanding of the challenges …
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The man in the room : an anthology of short stories
… religious conflict, all within the context of immigrant life in the United States, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Kenya. The book was written as a commentary on what life is like for African migrants living in the diaspora. This is a work of fiction. The people, events, circumstances and …
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Breaking the Bonds of Silence: The Immigrant Experience in Magical Realist Novels of Katherine Vaz and Chitra Divakaruni.
… 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 opening the reader to new possibilities through delightful imagery and a plot woven …
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The domestic impact of international remittances : t he role of Dominican remittances in Washington Heights, New York
… side sheds light on this particular facet of immigrant life, and suggests where funding and support might be targeted to best help local development in communities with large remitting immigrant populations. This study focuses on the remitting habits and economic conditions of Dominican …
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Finding Voice along the Appalachian Mountains: An Autoethnographic Journey of a Female Immigrant Student
… (Ellis, 2004), this study explores a female immigrant student's lived experiences in education in China, and in the United States. The theoretical framework of this study is critical autoethnography. In the study, I present my lived experiences in poems, narratives, and stories as the storied …