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Interview no. | R-0852 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 31 March 2015 |
Interviewee | Townsend, Elaine. |
Interviewee occupation | Program coordinators |
Interviewee DOB | 1990 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Schliewe, Kayla. |
Abstract | Elaine Townsend talks about the cultural differences that exist between her mother’s Peruvian family and father’s American family. She discusses her childhood and what it was like to live in an extremely conservative religious community. Townsend was homeschooled for much of her life. Making the transition into the public school system and progressive world has been an interesting experience for her and her family. By discussing her family dynamic, and how religion played such a large role in defining her identity, Townsend expresses conflicting sentiments she held about herself, battling with her identity even through her time as an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Through her experiences she has grown into a role model for other students, as well as her five other siblings. |
Subject Topical Other |
Religion Family Language and communication Identity Higher Education |
Citation | Interview with Elaine Townsend by Kayla Schliewe, 31 March 2015, R-0852, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0852_Audio |