2015.007.006 Interview with Frances Bu January 21, 1998

 

Frances Bu, a woman of Cuban-Chinese descent, talks about life in Cuba as a child with a Chinese father and Cuban Mother. She talks about how her father came to reside in Cuba and how he won the love of her mother. Fidel Castro came into power when she was in her teens and the family decided to leave Cuba for the United States. Her father elected to stay behind. Once in the US she experiences an emphasis in a person’s race, a phenomenon she claims was never an issue in Cuba, where they were simply Cuban. She goes further to look through an old picture album with the interviewer and talk about the photographs.

0:00 - 父亲的家族史,父亲(中国出生)移民到古巴,父亲的事业,父亲在卡斯特罗上台后的生活,父亲的约会习惯 Father's family history, father (China born) immigrating to Cuba, father's career, father's life after Castro came to power, father's dating habits

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8:50 - 她的父母如何相遇,母亲的家族史(古巴出生),亲属在古巴的职业生涯,母亲的家庭对于她约会中国人的反应 How her parents met, Mother's family history (Cuba born), relatives career in Cuba, mother's family reaction to her dating a Chinese man

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16:35 - 父母的婚礼,父母的宗教信仰,她和她哥哥目前的宗教信仰,她父亲的中国习俗,学习中文(粤语) Parent's wedding, parent's religious beliefs, her and her brother's current religious beliefs, Chinese customs her father practiced, learning Chinese (Cantonese)

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24:59 - 在古巴长大,父亲的新年庆祝活动,与古巴其他华人的交往,在卡斯特罗政权期间古巴的生活(企图离开,强制劳动营) Growing up in Cuba, father's new years day celebrations, interactions with other Chinese in Cuba, life in Cuba during the Castro regime (attempting to leave, forced labor camps)

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33:44 - 在1968年离开古巴,离开古巴的原因,在古巴的华人社区,在美国和古巴如何看待民族身份认同的差异 Leaving Cuba in 1968, reasons for leaving Cuba, Chinese community in Cuba, differences in how ethnic identity is viewed in America and Cuba

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41:33 - 她第一次来到美国的经历,学习英语,母亲在美国的工作,父亲通过西班牙移民到美国,在纽约上学,大学毕业后的职业生涯 Experience when she first came to America, learning English, mother's job in America, father immigrating to the US through Spain, schooling in New York, career after college

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50:08 - 与其他古巴华人的关系,从父亲那里灌输的中国价值观(辛勤工作,照顾老人),她在美国生活后如何看待她的种族身份,哪里是家 Associating with other Chinese in Cuba, Chinese values instilled bu her father (hard work, taking care of the elderly), how she views her ethnic identity after living in America, Where is home

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61:34 - 她的叔叔何塞·吴,吴的家人在秘鲁,家庭团聚在加利福尼亚 Her uncle Jose Wu, Wu's family in Peru, family reunion in California

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68:03 - 描述个人照片中的人物和地点 Describing people and places in personal photographs

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