The Construction of American Identity of Filipino Immigrants in America Is in the Heart
Authors
Ruiyun Zeng
School of Foreign Studies, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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Ruiyun Zeng
Available Online 12 April 2022.
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.021How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Identity construction; Filipino immigrants; America Is in the Heart
- Abstract
This paper traces the identity constructing process of Carlos Bulosan, the protagonist of the autobiographical novel America Is in the Heart. From his adherence to farming culture to his pursuit of democracy and freedom, he obtained cultural identity. From fighting for the interests of Filipino workers to working with Communists for materialistic workers, he gained ethnic identity. From the psychological orientation of Filipino immigrants’ striving for American citizenship, he won national identity. When these three identities were obtained at the same time, he completed the identity construction.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ruiyun Zeng PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/12 TI - The Construction of American Identity of Filipino Immigrants in America Is in the Heart BT - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on County Economic Development, Rural Revitalization and Social Sciences (ICCRS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 101 EP - 104 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.021 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220402.021 ID - Zeng2022 ER -