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Interview With A First Generation Male Pakistani Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Male Pakistani Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Male immigrant from Pakistan discusses his immigration to the United States beginning in Cleveland Ohio and ending in Texas. He details the differences in the cultures with regard to education and religion. Also he discusses his arranged marriage with his wife and their families. Lastly he discusses the issues of assimilation and identity.
Interview With A First Generation Male Bulgarian Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Male Bulgarian Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Male immigrant from Bulgaria who immigrated to America for college. He discusses his childhood growing up religious in a communist country. Furthermore he discusses the differences between living in a rural and urban area in Bulgaria. Finally he discusses his being a minster in America and his having to assimilate to America.
Interview With A First Generation Female Mexican Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Female Mexican Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Female immigrant from Mexico who to America for her father's job as Dean of Men at a seminary. She discusses her families reaction to moving to America. She also discusses her families arrival in America. Then she discusses her life as a single woman with a career in Nursing. Lastly she discusses caring for her parents and extended family.
Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Interview With A First Generation Male South African Immigrant, Lisa Roy-Davis
Telling to Live: The Immigrant Experience in a Global Suburb
Male immigrant from South Africa discusses hardships imposed on his early life by apartheid. He relates how he could not attend white universities in South Africa, so he attend night school with is father. Then he discusses his living in Zimbabwe during their Civil War. Likewise he discusses the effect of 9/11 on his immigration experience. Also he discusses the South African Seventh Day Adventist church and how American churches are similar.