Interviewee | ALAYTSEVA, Vladislava (b. 1986) |
Interview ID # | OH 1754 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Uzbekistani-born immigrant to Dallas, Texas. Childhood in Uzbekistan; move to the U.S. at age eleven; transition to American school system; first impressions of the U.S.; mother’s family in Russia; transition of Uzbekistan from a Soviet satellite to an independent Muslim nation; differentiation between being ethnically Russian or Uzbekistani; identity as a Russian; definition of “culture”; comparison of life in Uzbekistan and the U.S.; elements of Uzbekistani culture brought to America; observations about Russians and American; culture shock in America. |
Interviewer(s) | David G. Brooks |
Physical Description | 78 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |