ASIA AM 20 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jhumpa Lahiri, William Petersen, Unaccustomed Earth
11 Aug 2018
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"success story, japanese american style" by william petersen praises japanese for climbing over racial barriers and praises their community for helping each other. "when mr. pirzada came to dine" jhumpa lahiri. Lilia learns american history in school but at home is always surrounded by the war in her homeland country. Business hardships and immigrant realities in life behind the lobby by pawan. Parents owned motel, children went to school around the motel and parents would put them to work doing small chores for motel, get degree in business, enter hotel business at higher level than parents, already have resources/knowledge/networks. Shin issei identity & place in the japanese american community by eri. Kameyama interviews several shin-issei individuals and uses their responses to identify the way racial, social, and legal shape their identities. Becomes more aware of her race in a white community. Undocumented are exploited by business owners: widen gap between rich and poor.
