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Title: Oral History of Jennifer Tran Hoang, restricted until 2059-02-19
Creator: Hoang, Jennifer Tran
Contributor: Hoang, Tracey
Date Created and/or Issued: 2019-02-19
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive
Collection: Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History project
Rights Information: Copyrighted
This material is provided for private study, scholarship, or research. Transmission or reproduction of any material protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Contact the University of California, Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives for more information (spcoll@uci.edu).
Description: Scope/Content: Mrs. Jennifer Hoang was born in Saigon, Vietnam on June 10, 1958. In 1977, two years after the Fall of Saigon and a year after she finished high school, Jennifer graduated from a vocational school as a teacher in order to help to support her family. At the end of 1987, Jennifer left her family and her country by boat in hopes of finding a better life elsewhere. After many months in various refugee camps, she was granted permission to come to the United States. Currently, Jennifer works as a manicurist at a nail salon and lives with her husband, Brian, and her three kids, Hannah, Douglas, and Tracey, in Westminster California. Materials restricted until 2059-02-19.
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: Jennifer before the interview, photographer Tracey Hoang, 2019.
Type: sound
Format: 1 mp3 audio file; 1 pdf transcription Vietnamese; 1 pdf transcription English; 1 pdf time log; 1 pdf life map; 8 jpg image files
Extent: 01:18:33
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8w560
VAOHP0360
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/14640
Language: Vietnamese
vi
Subject: Boat people | Buddhist | Children | Education | Employment | English as Second Language (ESL) | Family | Giờ (Lớp) Công Dân Đức Dục | Freedom of speech | High school | Higher education | Language schools | Manicurist | Nail salon worker | Nail salons | Refugee Camp (Philippines) | Refugee Camp (Thailand) | Teacher | Thai pirates | Bangkok, Thailand | Little Saigon (Orange County, California) | California | Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp, Thailand | Hà Nội, (Vietnam) | Sài Gòn (Vietnam)
Time Period: 1950-1959
Relation: Vietnamese American Experience Class Oral Histories, 2019 Winter

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