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@article{193209,
        author = {Varshini S and Dr. S. Lavanya},
        title = {Representation Of Race and Ethnicity in Ocean Vuong’s on Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {38-42},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193209},
        abstract = {Racial and ethnic identities are not biologically determined but socially constructed through language, representation, and power. By exploring the theory of race and ethnicity, developed by cultural theorists such as Stuart Hall and W. E. B. Du Bois, this framework views the complexities of diasporic life and the struggles of navigating a bicultural identity. Ocean Vuong’s on Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a poetic exploration of identity, belonging, and memory told through the voice of a Vietnamese-American narrator, Little Dog. Vuong’s narrator, Little Dog, embodies the struggle of ‘double consciousness’, living between the inherited memories of Vietnam and the realities of a racially stratified America. Through episodes of racial discrimination, class conflict, and linguistic alienation, Vuong articulates the psychological and emotional weight of being a racial minority. This paper explores the construction of racial identity, the double consciousness of the immigrant self, and the tension between assimilation and cultural memory. The study also explores Vuong’s transformation of his racial and ethnic marginalisation into a form of poetic resistance.},
        keywords = {Race, ethnicity, diaspora, cultural identity, Ocean Vuong, narratology.},
        month = {},
        }