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La influencia del sueño americano en la inmigración latina
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Lantzy, Leah
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Year and Degree
2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Spanish.
Abstract
The American dream can influence Latin Americans to immigrate to the United States. However serious complications arise in this pursuit of success. The development of the American dream is analyzed, as are the components that form the ideology surrounding it, including American exceptionalism and the direct exchange of hard work for success. The ideology also includes the notion that American society is highly fluid in terms of economic mobility, the equal opportunity to compete and the belief that success is a fundamental virtue. Three novels by Latin American authors, including ¡Macho! by Victor Villaseñor, Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia and Let it rain coffee by Angie Cruz illustrate the Mexican, Cuban and Dominican experiences in the pursuit of the American dream. The arrival of the dream and the goals for success are explored in the investigation’s analysis of the novels. The costs incurred in the search for success are considered for both the individuals and the involved societies; each protagonist’s success is also measured. The novels portray this pursuit as dangerous, degrading, unrealistic and unhealthy, and also conclude that it can lead to the development of a false, superficial identity in the U.S. The research and literature reveal that there is a low probability of scaling the economic ladder of the Unites States for both Latinos and other citizens, and convey and shows that an equal opportunity to compete does not exist for most Latin immigrants.
Committee
Francisco Cabanillas, PhD (Advisor)
Cynthia Ducar, PhD (Committee Member)
Pedro Porben, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
64 p.
Subject Headings
Latin American Literature
;
Latin American Studies
Keywords
Latin immigration
;
American Dream
;
Mexico
;
Cuba
;
Dominican Republic
;
Bracero
;
migration
;
Victor Villase&241
;
or
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Cristina Garcia
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Angie Cruz
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hispanic immigration
;
equal opportunity
;
mobility
;
minorities
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Lantzy, L. (2012).
La influencia del sueño americano en la inmigración latina
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186360
APA Style (7th edition)
Lantzy, Leah.
La influencia del sueño americano en la inmigración latina.
2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186360.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Lantzy, Leah. "La influencia del sueño americano en la inmigración latina." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1332186360
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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