Audiobook An American in the Making, the Life Story of an Immigrant

"An American in the Making: The Life Story of an Immigrant" is an unconventional immigrant memoir written by Marcus Eli Ravage in 1917. Ravage, a Jewish American writer and journalist originally from Romania, provides a unique perspective on Americanization and the immigrant experience during the early 20th century.

Author:: Marcus Eli Ravage
Narrator:: Lillian Carter
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 8:35 h
Format:: MP3 download (253 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Manifold Media LLC (2024)
Genre:: Young Adult - Nonfiction
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01 - Intro	0:09	1 MB
02 - Introduction	8:11	4 MB
03 - The Prophet from America	24:34	12 MB
04 - The Gospel of New York	24:17	12 MB
05 - The Exodus	13:26	6 MB
06 - To America on Foot	22:33	11 MB
07 - Farewell Forever	20:16	10 MB
08 - First Impressions	19:57	9 MB
09 - The Immigrant s America	17:13	8 MB
10 - How Do You Like America	26:42	13 MB
11 - Ventures and Adventures	39:25	19 MB
12 - Purifications	25:48	12 MB
13 - The Ethics of the Bar	22:17	10 MB
14 - Shirts and Philosophy	28:17	14 MB
15 - The Soul of the Ghetto	17:52	8 MB
16 - The Tragedy of Readjustment	24:58	12 MB
17 - The Trials of Scholarship	27:20	13 MB
18 - Off to College	19:16	9 MB
19 - In the Mold	26:59	12 MB
20 - The American as He Is	27:46	13 MB
21 - The Fruits of Solitude	27:32	13 MB
22 - Harvey	29:24	14 MB
23 - The Romance of Readjustment	20:59	10 MB
24 - Outro	0:08	1 MB

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Summary

Here are some key points about this thought-provoking work:

Context and Purpose:

Ravage's memoir was conceived at a time when immigrant writers were competing with sociological accounts of "the immigrant story."

Against the growing nativism of the late 1910s and 1920s, Ravage responded to previous representations of "the immigrant" by both immigrant and American writers and critics.

His work engages political and cultural debates surrounding Americanization.

Challenging Americanization:

Ravage presents an unexpected story of Americanization. He portrays himself as "an American in the making," neither fully Americanized nor a greenhorn but a subject of literary production.

His memoir challenges the dialectic of Americanization and shows awareness of his objectification in contemporaneous sociological studies and photojournalistic exposés.

Genre and Identity:

Ravage rewrites the genre of immigrant autobiography. He invites readers to rethink assumptions about immigrant autobiography.

By making immigrant and immigrant intellectual labor coterminous, he blurs the boundaries between these categories.

Legacy:

"An American in the Making" remains timely, especially given contemporary debates about immigration and national identity.

Ravage's memoir dramatizes the multifaceted facets of Americanization discourses and practices.

This memoir offers a fresh perspective on the immigrant experience, identity, and the complexities of becoming an American"

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