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Showing posts with label assimilation. Show all posts

The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, fiction, gender, historical, identity, love, perception/truth/subjectivity, psychology, race, search for self, social criticism

Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, identity, immigration, justice, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, search for self, social criticism

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, love, morality, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66933.The_Wretched_of_the_Earth

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, colonialism/imperialism, historical, identity, justice, morality, non-fiction, politics, psychology, race, social criticism

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, family, fiction, historical, identity, justice, morality, oppression, race, search for self

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, justice, media, nonconformity, race, search for self

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15796700-americanah

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, fiction, gender, identity, immigration, race, search for self

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30688435-exit-west

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, immigration, justice, love, nonconformity, oppression, revolution, search for self, war

American War by Omar El Akkad (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32283423-american-war

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, class, coming of age, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, family, fiction, identity, justice, morality, search for self, war

Indignation by Philip Roth (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6953335-indignation

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, coming of age, education, family, fiction, identity, love, morality, nonconformity, search for self

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25330108-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, economics, gender, justice, morality, non-fiction, nonconformity, oppression, politics, race, revolution, social criticism

To Be a Machine by Mark O'Connell (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555486-to-be-a-machine?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, identity, non-fiction, philosophy, psychology, science (or sci-fi), search for self, social criticism, tech

Thinking Machines: The Quest for Artificial Intelligence by Luke Dormehl (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30763733-thinking-machines?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, economics, identity, non-fiction, science (or sci-fi), tech

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24040176-negroland

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, American Dream, assimilation, class, family, gender, historical, identity, memoir, mental health, non-fiction, race, search for self

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal by Aviva Chomsky (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18339763-undocumented?from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: American Dream, assimilation, class, economics, historical, identity, immigration, justice, morality, non-fiction, oppression, politics, race, social criticism

Conundrum by Jan Morris (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553103.Conundrum

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: aging, assimilation, gender, identity, love, memoir, mental health, non-fiction, search for self, sexuality

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23168277-the-sympathizer

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, identity, immigration, politics, race, revolution, search for self, war

Little Bee by Chris Cleave (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6948436-little-bee

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, gender, identity, immigration, justice, morality, race

Hystopia: A Novel by David Means (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25664447-hystopia

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: alienation, assimilation, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, fiction, historical, identity, love, memory, mental health, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self, sexuality, war

Desperate Characters by Paula Fox (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23316532-desperate-characters

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: American Dream, assimilation, class, consumerism, existentialism, family, fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity

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