Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction

Dmitrović, Irina

undergraduate thesis

Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

Dmitrović, Irina

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Dmitrović, I. (2024). Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

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Dmitrović, Irina. "Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

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Dmitrović, I. (2024). 'Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 28 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

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Dmitrović I. Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2024 December 28] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

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I. Dmitrović, "Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:978553

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Title	Mother-Daughter Relationships in Contemporary American Immigrant Fiction
Title (croatian)	Odnosi majki i kćeri u suvremenoj američkoj imigrantskoj prozi
Author	Irina Dmitrović
Mentor	Biljana Oklopčić (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Osijek
Defense date and country	2024-09-10, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	Amy Tan is a Chinese American author who made her literary debut by publishing The Joy Luck Club in 1989. The novel consists of sixteen vignettes connected through its characters. Set in San Francisco, the narrative explores relationships between four Chinese American immigrant mothers and four daughters born and raised in the United States. Around three decades later, a Korean American author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner published a memoir Crying in H Mart in the memory of her beloved mother. Growing up biracial in Philadelphia and Oregon, she is struggling to accept her complex identity. Dealing with the pain and unexpected loss of her mother, Zauner starts cooking traditional Korean dishes to reconnect with her past and relatives. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner are used as a lens through which the struggle of Asian Americans to preserve their heritage while adapting to a new culture is explored and how it affects mother-daughter relationships. By examining these ideologies through food, language, traditional values, and other cultural aspects, the paper aims to depict the struggle to maintain a strong bond between the two generations due to their differences. The broader aim of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of overcoming generational trauma, pursuing personal aspirations, fulfilling the American Dream, and accepting racial and cultural identity.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:978553
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: German Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkog jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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Created on	2024-12-27 10:05:28

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