2015.007.002 Interview with Aurora Len August 27, 1997

 

Aurora Len, a Chinese-Cuban-American woman discusses her mixed background. She was born in and grew up in Havana, Cuba. Though her family was Chinese, her father and his brother were brought to Havana, Cuba by her grandfather at very young age after her grandmother passed away and later her father moved back to China and married her mother. Len herself went to China at age fourteen in 1937 and then moved to the United States to attend school in 1938. Len discusses her sense of belonging in Cuba as a Chinese person and her reasoning for identifying as Cuban-Chinese, and her experience immigrating to the United States to attend Ohio Northern University and then moving to New Jersey and starting a family there.

0:00 - 介绍,家庭史,移民古巴的父亲,父亲的生意事业,在古巴长大,古巴和美国的中国人之间的不同,古巴的中国社区 Introduction, family history, father immigrating to Cuba, father's business ventures, growing up in Cuba, differences between Chinese in Cuba and America, Chinese community in Cuba

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8:00 - 父母的婚姻,古巴唐人街,中文学校,父母的古巴朋友,民族认同 Parent's marriage, Cuba's Chinatown, Chinese school, Parent's Cuban friends, ethnic identity

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13:05 - 14岁去中国,母亲和父亲,古巴的房子,来到美国(俄亥俄州),遇见她的丈夫,决定留在美国,丈夫征兵入伍,纽约的婚礼 Going to China at age 14, mother and father, house in Cuba, coming to America (Ohio), meeting her husband, deciding to stay in America, husband drafted into the military, wedding in New York

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23:14 - 在旧金山与姐姐住在一起,后卡斯特罗政权时期古巴的家庭状况,她的兄弟姐妹,她丈夫,她孩子们的民族认同感,古巴的食物 Living with her sister in San Francisco, family's situation in Cuba post Castro regime, her siblings, her husband, ethnic identity of her children, Cuban food

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31:16 - 她兄弟的包办婚姻,在美国的古巴中国朋友,与家人前往古巴,古巴华人与其他地方华人的文化差异居,住在纽约市区和皇后区 Arranged marriage for her brother, Cuban Chinese friends in America, visiting Cuba with her family, cultural differences between Cuban Chinese and other Chinese, living in New York City and Queens

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43:10 - 搬到新泽西,在Metlife的工作,她丈夫在NBC的工作,与其他美国华人的交往,种族身份认同 Moving to New Jersey, her job at Metlife, her husband's job at NBC, interactions with other Chinese in America, ethnic identity

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50:38 - 全家回到古巴,庆祝中国人在古巴150周年纪念日,丁碧兰与中国拉丁美洲人的互动,对她孙辈人的种族认同的希望,父母的西班牙名字,宗教信仰 Family back in Cuba, 150th anniversary celebration of Chinese in Cuba, Loni Ding's interactions with Chino Latino, hopes for her grandchildren's ethnic identity, father and mother's Spanish name, religious upbringing

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