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Jirousek, Lori M. "Immigrant Ethnographers: Observing Race and Culture in America at the Turn into the Twentieth Century," Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, December 1999.
This study elucidates the intersection between immigrant writing and anthropology that fostered a more dynamic vision of American culture at the turn into the twentieth century. Immigrant writers Sui Sin Far (Chinese-American), Mary Antin (Russian-American), Anzia Yezierska (Polish-American), Abraham Cahan (Russian-American), and Louis Adamic (Slovenian-American) wrote to transform immigrant exclusion on a racial basis into immigrant acceptance on a cultural basis, utilizing conventions of the anthropological genre ethnography. Rather than taking a passive role as observed and peculiar newcomers, these immigrant writers took an active role as observers with valuable perspectives on American society, praising American democratic ideals, but also critiquing American racism, eugenics, and Americanization efforts. Originating from groups specifically targeted in anti-immigrant legislation, all of these writers had particular incentives both to portray themselves more favorably and to question American policies and attitudes on immigration.
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