From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition
Tracing the process of immigrants' transition, it appears that in the twentieth century children of Eastern European, mainly Jewish immigrants were trying to get rid of the European past of their parents as quickly as possible in order to take the full advantage of American culture. This attitu...
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Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Chełmie
2021-10-01
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| description | Tracing the process of immigrants' transition, it appears that in the twentieth century children of Eastern European, mainly Jewish immigrants were trying to get rid of the European past of their parents as quickly as possible in order to take the full advantage of American culture. This attitude brought serious changes in family values, social ties, and religious traditions among immigrants' children, which was vividly presented in Kazin's works. Moving straight toward their American future often meant leaving the Old World heritage and language behind. Many of the immigrant children regarded this type of attitude as another logical step in their development. But although this incorporation into the mainstream of the American culture was fruitful, some of them experienced a deep sense of irreversible loss over their past. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bf86f61d91f74805a834dcdafd2c9fe92025-01-07T17:54:22ZengPaństwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w ChełmieLanguage, Culture, Politics2450-35762719-32172021-10-01119320510.54515/lcp.2021.1.193-205From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's TransitionRafał Zygmunt0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9056-8729Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w ChełmieTracing the process of immigrants' transition, it appears that in the twentieth century children of Eastern European, mainly Jewish immigrants were trying to get rid of the European past of their parents as quickly as possible in order to take the full advantage of American culture. This attitude brought serious changes in family values, social ties, and religious traditions among immigrants' children, which was vividly presented in Kazin's works. Moving straight toward their American future often meant leaving the Old World heritage and language behind. Many of the immigrant children regarded this type of attitude as another logical step in their development. But although this incorporation into the mainstream of the American culture was fruitful, some of them experienced a deep sense of irreversible loss over their past.https://lcpijournal.panschelm.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LCPI_2021_1_Rafal-Zygmunt.pdfalfred kazinold worldnew worldimmigrant identitynew language and cultureeducationjewnew york |
| spellingShingle | Rafał Zygmunt From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition Language, Culture, Politics alfred kazin old world new world immigrant identity new language and culture education jew new york |
| title | From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition |
| title_full | From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition |
| title_fullStr | From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition |
| title_short | From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition |
| title_sort | from eastern european rooted immigrant circle to the mainstream of american culture an alfred kazin s transition |
| topic | alfred kazin old world new world immigrant identity new language and culture education jew new york |
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