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Document Type
Sound Recording
Publication Date
7-15-2022
Keywords
migration, immigration, Tenement Museum, storytelling, Your Story Our Story, New York, community
Abstract
Our guests today are Phariha Rahman and Theresa Alarcon. Both Phariha and Theresa have been Binghamton University students and involved in community engagement.
Phariha and Theresa talk about the memories of their grandmothers and the complications of stereotypes about immigrants and their descendants. They also discuss how the bonds and values constructed around food influence their sense of self and belonging.
Phariha's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/rice-and-daal
Theresa's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/empanadas-1936
Recommended Citation
Li, Le; Jain, Shruti; Rahman, Phariha; and Alarcon, Theresa, "Cooking Bonds: Food and Intergenerational Belonging" (2022). Immigrants Wake America. 7.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/immigrantswakeamerica/7
Episode 7 Transcript
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