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Title

Yearning to Breathe Free

Abstract

In 1919, the Polish-Jewish refugee Adina flees her home country and boards a steamship to America, seeking solace beneath the promise of Lady Liberty’s torch. Yet two timelines collide aboard this single vessel when she meets Mariella, a Guatemalan asylum seeker escaping the political brutality of 2026. Separated by decades but bound by the same dream, they share their tumultuous past, envision an American beginning, and chart their journeys: yearning to breathe free. Yearning To Breathe was inspired in part by research at the Mexican-American border, conversations and workshops with asylum seekers and immigrants of various backgrounds, and my own great-grandparents lived experiences of refugeeism.

Name: Personal

Name Part

Laur, Maya

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creator

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Biggs, Lisa

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thesis advisor

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Name Part

Li, Jinying

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reader

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Brown University. Modern Culture and Media

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sponsor

Origin Information

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2024

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English

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Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2024

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Modern Culture and Media

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theses

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Refugees

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Latin America

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Emigration and immigration

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Theater

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Activism

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asylum seekers

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Guatemalan Civil War (Guatemala : 1960-1996)

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Emigration and immigration in literature

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Emigration and immigration--Government policy

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Eastern Europe

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Pogroms

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Jewish Immigration

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Intercultural communication

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Magic realism (Literature)

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Performance Studies

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Bilingualism

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Identifier: DOI

10.26300/kavc-5j79