Award Date

5-1-2022

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Committee Member

David Morris

Second Committee Member

Gary Totten

Third Committee Member

Jarret Keene

Fourth Committee Member

Tim Gauthier

Number of Pages

68

Abstract

Lyrical, but without holding too much to sentimentality, this thesis investigates the Jamaican immigrant experience in America. The linked and expansive essays interrogate why a young woman with everything necessary to do well in Jamaica—class, education, a family legacy—would give it all up to move to America. And why she would return 20 years later when much of what she associates about herself is American-made. Brown juxtaposes the death of her parents, George Floyd, and the death of her American Dream. This series of intertwined narrative arcs suggests some redemption of the American Dream while reminding us that there is no place like home. Brown looks at how her need for belonging drove her pursuit of the American Dream only to realize she had it in Jamaica all along.

Keywords

immigration; mobility; repatriation

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures | Social and Cultural Anthropology

File Format

pdf

File Size

294 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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