Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2010 The am ximalist transformation of the female immigrant identity in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine and The oldeH r of the World Lauren D. Hazenson Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, and the Rhetoric and Composition Commons Recommended Citation Hazenson, Lauren D., "The am ximalist transformation of the female immigrant identity in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine and The Holder of the World" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 11304. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/11304 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 00000000 The maximalist transformation of the female immigrant identity in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine and The Holder of the World By Lauren Hazenson A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (Literature) Program of Study Committee: Diane Price Herndl, Major Professor Constance J. Post Eugenio Matibag Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2010 Copyright © Lauren Hazenson, 2010. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 JASMINE 8 THE HOLDER OF THE WORLD 30 CONCLUSION 53 FURTHER DIRECTIONS OF STUDY 56 WORKS CITED 57 1 Mukherjee begins her 1988 New York Times article “Immigrant Writing: Give Us Your Maximalists” by declaring to American readers, “I am one of you now,” heralding her new identity as an American citizen and American author (Mukherjee 1).