Index: 0:00 – Background in rural China from a village of about 100 people, crops were taxes by government with the remaining not enough to feed Person C’s family of 5, during her grandfather’s generation men who left to work…
Immigration Journey and Adjusting to Life in America – February 27th, 2023
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Different Kinds of Chinese Foods and Kinship Aid – March 3rd, 2023
Index: 0:00 – Panda Express and family-owned takeout Chinese restaurant similarities and differences, Panda Express offers promotion incentives and expanded within the last 10 years 3:30 – Next generation will not inherit restaurant business because the work condition is not…
Person B Materials
Drawing Book – Person B shared a drawing book she has cherished since she was small. In the drawing book are pictures she draw, one on the back of a restaurant menu when she used to work in her parents’…
From Garment Factory to Chinese American Takeout Restaurant to College Graduate Interview – April 3rd, 2022
Index: 1:00 – Immigration and adjusting to life in America 7:20 – Illegal and legal immigration 10:35 – Arriving in America, Chinese Beijing Person in New York City CCTV Show 18:45 – Cook, Cashier, Kitchen Aid roles in Chinese American…
Peculiar Upbringing and Dynamic Chinese Identity Interview – June 15th, 2022
Index: 00:20 – Pressure to have kids, satellite upbringing, restaurant operations 3:30 – Covid restaurant shutdown 5:20 – Marriage reasons, satellite child trauma 9:30 – Expectations 11:15 – Satellite Child, change in lifestyle from China, food anxiety for the previous…
Generational and Cultural Trauma Interview 1 – June 12th, 2022
Index: 00:40 – Living arrangements 5:40 – Gender and age as factors growing up 8:20 – Restaurant roles, kids helping out in restaurants 10:30 – Restaurant as physical, menial labor, customer service labor 11:15 – Satellite Child, change in lifestyle…
Generational and Cultural Trauma Interview 2 – August 14th, 2022
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A Combined China-United States Upbringing Interview 1 – April 4th, 2022
Index: 00:10 – Financial independence, new of American fortune in Chinese countryside 4:30 – American versus Chinese education and learning method 5:45 – Opening Chinese American takeout restaurant 8:45 – Kids helping in restaurant 9:45 – Restaurant neighborhood culture 15:45…