Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies

Grise, Virginia.
rasgos asiaticos
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies - Volume 24, Number 2 & 3, 2003, pp. 132-139

University of Nebraska Press

Virginia Grise - rasgos asiaticos - Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 24:2&3 Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 24.2&3 (2003) 132-139 rasgos asiaticos Virginia Grise [Figures] My maternal great-grandmother, great-grandfather, and grandfather were born in Canton, China. They all migrated to Mexico at different times y ahora descansan en campo santos in Monterrey and Tampico, Mexico. Though there have been books and articles written about the Chinese and Asian presence in Latin America, there are very few written about the Chinese in Mexico. Two years ago, my research partner Marco Iñiguez and I went to Monterrey to conduct a series of oral interviews with family members, their colegas , and friends. Each interview introduced me to another family and another world, and I soon discovered that this project was bigger than my family or me. The paisanos , those born in China, are dying, and with them, their stories. Telling our stories is a radical act. Memory is a form of resistance. rasgos asiaticos , a forty-minute multi-media performance piece, is a collection of different voices, artifacts, and memories based on research and oral interviews conducted in Monterrey and Tampico. The performance is an installation of different altares that include original photos, letters, papers, and a collection of Chinese records from the 1920s. I use the music, photos, and stories to weave a history of three generations of women -- grandmother, mother, and...