Iranians in Texas: Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity by Mohsen M. Mobasher

Author:Mohsen M. Mobasher [Mobasher, Mohsen M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2012-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

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To Be an Iranian, American, or Iranian American

Family, Cultural Resistance, and the Paradox of Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Iranian Americans

Throughout the history of the United States, immigrants have seldom felt “as American as everyone else” because differences of language and culture separated them from the majority and because they were made painfully aware of that fact. Being “in America but not of it,” even if they wished to, represents an important aspect of the experience of most foreign groups and a major force prompting ethnic identity in subsequent generations. The rise of ethnic pride among children of recent arrivals is thus not surprising because it is a tale repeated countless times in the history of immigration.

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