Browsing DCE Theses and Dissertations by Keyword "Identity"
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Adopting a Home: Il Circolo Italo-Americano and the Local Network that Opened Doors for Boston’s Italian Immigrants, 1903-1915
(2022-05-10)This thesis investigates how Boston’s Italian immigrants accessed and engaged with resources that would help them navigate their new city during the early twentieth century. Using the archives of Il Circolo Italo-Americano, ... -
The Mis-Education of Irie Jones and Zora Belsey: Education and Black Female Identity in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and On Beauty
(2023-04-20)This thesis examines the impact of educational institutions on the identity formation of women of color in the novels of Zadie Smith. Through a close analysis of the experiences of Irie Jones in White Teeth (2000) and Zora ... -
WHERE ARE HER REAL PARENTS? Race, Adoption, and Lies in the 1970s
(2023-04-28)When I was a baby, I was adopted by a 54-year-old white widow who lived on the coast of Maine. She insisted that I, too, was white and had the birth certificate to prove it. But the boys at the bus stop called me “nigger,” ...