Becoming American
Subtitle: personal essays by first generation immigrant women
By: edited and with an introduction by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah.
Contributors: Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Women immigrants -- United States -- Biography.; Acculturation -- United States.; United States -- Emigration and immigration.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The essays featured in this volume are modern accounts of immigration. Such writers as Edwidge Danticat (The Farming of Bones), Lucy Grealy (Autobiography of a Face), Ginu Kamani (Junglee Girl), Nelly Rosario, and Veronica Chambers (Mama's Girl) are just a few of the first generation immigrant women who address such issues as identity, ethnicity, race, and how the self begins to take on and absorb the label "American."".

"As this collection demonstrates, each experience is completely unique - one woman may have a sense of instant belonging while another may confront a feeling of alienation."--BOOK JACKET.