Americanization

Family Interview and Genogram I chose to interview Inmaculada “Alex” DeFeo (2015). She is the source of much of the information. I based assessments on my analysis of her explained life. Detailed is given to her age and familial relations. The strength perspective used in order to highlight strengths in how overcoming or living with situations, statuses, and results of events. Individual and family patterns, concern, and influences regarding them aimed are touched upon. Family Members…

Latina Feminism Movement and Latinas in Criminal Justice System Name of Student: Institution Affiliation: Date of Submission: Feminism aims at establishing an equal platform for women participation in the social, political cultural and economic activities. The main objective of feminism is to agitate for women rights regardless of their race or their social inclinations. Latina feminism movement is a group of Latin females whose are…

In these narratives, immigrant mothers act as not a monolithic category, but as a collection of individuals who must work to maintain their families, their heritage, and their dignity in an environment which encourages them to fail. Through Americanization, cultural celebration, monetized stereotypes, and through cultivating the impressions of others toward them, Le Ly Hayslip, Dr. Rose Ihedigbo, and Loung Ung, and others portray how immigrant mothers work to fulfill the multiplicity of tasks…

In “The Significance of the Frontier In American History” by Frederick Jackson Turner, written in 1893 he expounds strongly the importance of the frontier. In his thesis, he outlines that the frontier shaped and molded men into the embodiments of “Americanism”. These were people in a new world that Turner referred to as Americans that receive great traits all due to the encounter of the frontier. This statement made by Turner has been supported by several historians and to this day still holds…

During the 1960’s the United States faced two major movements that were different but similar. These two movements were fighting for the same goal, both communities wanted to achieve political, economic and social equality for the best interest of their people. These two major groups were the Chicano People’s movement and the Black Power Movement. Two movements composed of different people who shared the same ideologies but mainly self-determination. They shared similar experiences on which they…

The key conflict in The Joy Luck Club is that between mother and daughter. The mothers were all born in China so they grew up with traditional Chinese beliefs. The daughters, however, were all born in America or moved to America a young age, so their lives outside of the home were American. The source of conflicts in the book is mostly that the mothers are more traditionally Chinese and the daughters are more Americanized. The root of these problems can be traced back to the concept of happiness…

Despite the great distance of time, the experience of teenage girls will have some similar elements like: falling in love, school, and figuring out who you are. In Anzia Yezeirska’s Bread Givers, Sara Smolinsky is from a family of immigrants in the early 20th century and she wants to break away from the traditional values of her father to become a part of American society. In Larry Colton’s Counting Coup, Colton follows the Hardin High School’s Lady Bulldogs girls’ basketball team, especially…

and continues to do so today (Bognar 47f). In fact, “Much of today's Japanese culture is derivative of or responds to American culture” (47). But is America’s influence necessarily a good thing? The westernization, or more specifically the Americanization, of Japan is detrimental to its society, driving the once culturally rich country to a state of Americanized consumerism and modernity. To fully understand the situation of Japan’s current state of westernization and how it is…

For decades America has been a refuge for those hoping to escape their country or start a new life. They advertised the nation as the land of opportunity and a melting pot for those seeking to come to America and find a new life. They welcomed immigrants by sharing their language, culture, and way of life. Nonetheless, not everyone was eager to forsake their culture and traditions. Generally, if immigrants do not assimilate, they continue their traditions, blend their original traditions with…

Thomas Jefferson and his Sentiments towards The Assimilation of the Cherokee Nation Thomas Jefferson firmly believed in white supremacy and the inferiority of other races to the American race. He praised the agrarian lifestyle and believed that it represented the only true American vocation. Due to this notion, he advocated for the assimilation of other races into a homogeneous society based upon American culture. However, Jefferson did not believe that every race had the inherent capabilities…