Date of Award
2013
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
International Language Studies
First Advisor
Sonia Badenas
Abstract
This project seeks to document first-generation, Spanish-speaking Americans' immigration stories by transcribing and translating their oral accounts from Spanish to English, in an attempt to increase understanding between Anglophone and Spanish-speaking populations. The project envisions immigration stories as the basis for a distinct American folklore, at the same time connecting Americans to their ethnic or national roots and distinguishing them from their ancestors, giving them a unique American identity. With this sort of nationalizing "myth" in mind, the project seeks to create a record of first-generation permanent Americans, painiting a picture of the beginnings of a new Spanish-speaking U.S. identity.
Recommended Citation
Bowman, Camden, "Immigration Stories and the Construction of a Bilingual American Identity" (2013). Honors Theses. 55.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/55/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/55
Subject Area
Hispanic Americans, Immigrants--United States
Creative Commons License
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/55/