An absorbing collection of essays written by high profile Americans from different fields about their experiences of growing up as first generation American. Edited and with a foreword by actress and activist America Ferrera.
America Ferrera Bücher
America Ferrera ist eine preisgekrönte Schauspielerin, Produzentin, Regisseurin und Aktivistin. Sie ist vor allem für ihre bahnbrechende Rolle als Betty Suarez in der erfolgreichen Comedy-Serie *Ugly Betty* bekannt, für die sie einen Golden Globe, einen Emmy und weitere Auszeichnungen erhielt. Ferrera produziert und spielt auch in der gefeierten Comedy *Superstore* mit. 2016 war sie Mitbegründerin von HARNESS, einer Organisation, die Geschichtenerzähler und Aktivisten zusammenbringt, um die kulturelle Erzählung über soziale Gerechtigkeit zu verstärken. Sie setzt sich landesweit als Fürsprecherin für Menschen- und Bürgerrechte ein und war Eröffnungsrednerin beim monumentalen Frauenmarsch in Washington im Januar 2017.
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
- 336 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipient America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers. However, they are also immigrants, children or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous people, or people who otherwise grew up with deep and personal connections to more than one culture. Each of them struggled to establish a sense of self, find belonging, and feel seen. And they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious, their stories shine a light on a quintessentially American experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture, and growing up.