Date Available
5-5-2025
Year of Publication
2023
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Arts and Sciences
Department/School/Program
English
First Advisor
Andrew Milward
Second Advisor
Erik Reece
Abstract
My parents immigrated to the United States from India in the early 1960s, and I was born in 1967. I grew up in a time where there was little awareness of Indian culture or the religion of Islam in America, and I struggled against my parents attempt to impose both on me. My writing discusses the conflict I felt between my parents’ expectations and the American culture surrounding me that I began to embrace. My thesis has two parts: Part 1 is a collection of essays that shares the theme of my life as a second generation American, and Part 2 is the beginning of a longer piece that will become my memoir.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2023.172
Recommended Citation
DiAugustine, Sajida, "My Rearranged Life" (2023). Theses and Dissertations--English. 156.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/156
Included in
Asian American Studies Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons
