Using at least two (2) narratives (choose from The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Hester Street, Farewell to Manzanar and Miss Navajo) as examples, compare and contrast how each of the authors or subjects you selected respond to challenges and changes to his/her respective cultural identity.
This semester, we read several accounts that revealed how cultural identity is socially constructed. It develops in response to social and historical forces and intersects with other ethnic and racial identities, social class, and gender. Using at least two (2) narratives (choose from The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Hester Street, Farewell to Manzanar and […]