Essays about: "daughters of immigrants"
Found 3 essays containing the words daughters of immigrants.
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1. Intergenerational socioeconomic mobility in Germany : How does it affect the educational attainment for second generation immigrant daughters?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study the intergenerational socioeconomic mobility of second generation immigrant daughters in Germany, by measuring how the parents’ educational level affect their children’s education. By adding a gender equality index to the dataset, the aim was to create a more nuanced interpretation of the results, including how cultural views in the parents’ source country can affect the parental investments. READ MORE
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2. Lived Hybridity : The Embodied Experiences of Daughters of Immigrants in Sweden
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Purpose- The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between space, non-whiteness, embodied experiences and related perceptions, establishing reality connections for the participants in this matter. One notion that collides with the unrestricted individuality of these subjects, who are perceived as being outsiders to the Swedish norm, is the concept of Othering. READ MORE
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3. Mothers and Daughters between Two Cultures in Short Fiction by Edwidge Danticat
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay takes a look at two short stories from the novel Krik? Krak! written by the Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat. The short stories “Caroline’s Wedding” and “New York Day Women” are about mother-daughter relationships where the mothers and daughters are either first or second generations immigrants from Haiti. READ MORE
