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South Dakota State University
They, Too Sing America : Braided Narratives About Immigrants and the American Dream
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<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 that immigrants face when attempting to assimilate into the United States. Furthermore, this thesis uses both braided narratives and braided genres to examine three generations of an immigrant family and its experience with America. Collectively, this work assesses the role of the American Dream and how it motivates or complicates immigrant life in the United States of America.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - University Access Only
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Kurylo, Sheryl
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sharon Smith
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- <p>In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted<br /><a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/</a></p>
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1568
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-2569