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Bezig met laden... I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoirdoor Malaka Gharib
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Super accessible, funny, graphic novel about growing up American-Egyptian-Filipino. I love how down to earth and (painfully) honest it is. Vibrant illustrations, quick read. ( ) I picked up this graphic novel after reading Malaka Gharib's newer memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This, which focused more on her summers in Egypt with the Egyptian side of her family. I enjoyed this earlier graphic novel as well, as it gave more of the author's background, starting with the lives of both her immigrant parents, from their immigration to the US, their marriage, her birth, her life in California after their divorce, college in NY, first job and marriage. We get to see her growing up mainly surrounded by her big Filipino family, her summers in Egypt with her father's side and as a Filipino-Egyptian American and the comparing/contrasting her various cultures. Her marriage to a Caucasian man from the South, and how that new culture contrast is brought into the mix is also depicted. I especially had a good laugh as how Caucasian people are drawn not with "pink" toned skin, but with a complete absence of color, truly "white". geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. Malaka Gharib's triumphant graphic memoir brings to life her teenage antics and illuminates earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka's story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream."--Amazon. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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