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More than at any time since the 1920's the issues of immigration and ethnicity have become central to discussions of American society and identity. This book addresses this debate, bringing together essays written by college students, exploring their ethnic roots from the experiences of their forbears to the place of ethnicity in their lives.
List of contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Family Traditions 1. Life after Tercera Virginia Coreia 2. Coming to Terms with My Heritage Tanya Moldzinski 3. The Family History of a Fourth-Generation Pole Sara Kindler 4. My Paternal Forebears Michele Kitko 5. The Loss of My Family's Ethnic Ties and the Strengthening of Their American Identities Rachel Koch 6. What's a Tyrolean? The Immigration of Mario Leonardi to America Karen A. Gryga 7. Turetzky Family Assimilation: From Grandparents to Father to Me Marc Turetzky 8. Changing Worlds: The Immigration Experiences of My Paternal Grandparents Stephanie A. Courtney 9. Roots Paper Raffi Ishkanian 10. A Family History Bob Vaage 11. My Austrian-Italian Ethnicity Susan Carnicelli 12. East Side Story: What West Side Story Left Out Josephine Burgos 13. Three Generations in America Gloria Genel 14. Where I Stand and Why La Toya Powell Part II: Our Parents, Ourselves 15. A Challenge of Loyalty Lynn Sugamura 16. A Bicultural Experience Shana R. Rivas 17. My Family History Cecilia Pineda 18. Being an Other Melissa Algranati 19. Discovering My Ethnic Roots Sang-Hoon Kim 20. The Experiences of My Parents in Italy and America Peter Bosco 21. Getting to Know My Parents So That I May Know Who I Am Lizette Aguilar 22. Finding a Home Ann Fenech 23. The Assimilation Problems of My Family in America Soo Y. Kim Part III: Ethnicity in Our Lives 24. The Oreo Cookie: Black on the Outside, White on the Inside Cathy Thompson 25. Should I or Shouldn't I? Jamie Dominguez 26. My Experience with Immigration/Assimilation in America Catherine Tagudin 27. Leaving Home Anh-Dao Nguyen 28. Being Indian in America: My Ethnic Roots and Me Lila Shah 29. My Immigrant Experience Vladimir Sinayuk 30. Triple Identity: My Experience as an Immigrant in America Puwat Charukamnoetkanok 31. Two Poems Rose Rameau Afterword Appendix: Sample Roots Paper Topic Notes on Contributors
Summary
More than at any time since the 1920's the issues of immigration and ethnicity have become central to discussions of American society and identity. This book addresses this debate, bringing together essays written by college students, exploring their ethnic roots from the experiences of their forbears to the place of ethnicity in their lives.
