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Scope/Content: My narrator’s name is Peter Phan, and he was born on December 18, 1967, in Rach Gia, Vietnam. In 2007, he, his wife, and two children took a plane to San Jose, California and moved to Moreno Valley, California in 2008. Peter and his family then moved to Corona, California in 2009 for a short time before moving to Utah in 2010 and then back to Corona six months later where they still reside today. Peter graduated from high school and attended two years of college in Vietnam before dropping out to become an electronics repairman. Some topics covered in the interview were Peter’s experiences and thoughts as a nail technician, his feelings about America, and his plans for the future. Currently, Peter is married to Elaine Phan and has two children, a son and a daughter, and they all live in Corona, California where he and his wife work as nail technicians. Scope/Content: At what point in time can one pinpoint the beginning of Vietnamese America? Does it begin with the Fall of Saigon? Does it begin with the creation of Little Saigons throughout America? In looking to define Vietnamese American experiences, do we limit what it has been and what it could be? Whatever the entry point, experiences of Vietnamese Americans are inextricably tangled with the political, economic, and social structures of racial, class, and gender hierarchy in the United States and notions of authenticity and nationalism. Thus, to begin learning what the Vietnamese American experience entails, is to also begin unlearning. This course seeks to understand, unravel and complicate what Vietnamese America is through a critical refugee and critical race lens. By analyzing various issues, we are able to see how Vietnamese Americans are affected by larger societal forces such as capitalism and imperialism. This course aims to: 1. To introduce the student to the history, culture, and contemporary experiences of Vietnamese Americans, highlighting how power and privilege entangles them all together. 2. Expand current discourse around social issues that affect Vietnamese Americans by using both scientific literature, creative works and scholarly articles. 3. Expose students to the multitude of historical, contemporary and local Vietnamese American narratives, taking advantage of the proximity to one of the largest Little Saigons. Scope/Content: Peter celebrating his birthday at an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant, photographer Hong Pham, 2017.
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1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription English and Vietnamese; 1 pdf time log; 1 pdf life map; 4 jpg image fiiles
Art | Children | College | University | Construction worker | Discrimination | Education | Employment | Engineer | Family | Gardener | Handyman | Health | High school | Higher education | Immigrant | Language barrier | Manicurist | Nail technician | Marriage | Nail salons | Resettlement | Sports | Stereotypes | Student | Vietnam War | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | Riverside County, California | San Jose, California | Rach Gia (Vietnam)
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