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Isabel [pseudonym] interview
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1985-08-22 [date recorded] (Creation)
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RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-08-22 SUMMARY: Came to Vancouver in November 1984 from Northern India; married in 1983, arranged by parents; just at home before that, went to college for two years, finished in 1975; supported by parents; husband was in Canada, went back to India to marry her; husband is a dishwasher in a restaurant, he came here in 1980; feelings about coming here; learning English; what she does here; unhappiness; family problems; treatment by her husband; demands for money; alcoholism and abuse; how her father- and mother-in-law treated her; left husband recently, supported by Oasis; confusion about staying or returning to India; difficulties now, not speaking English, getting around; future plans, going to England; comparison of life here and in India; came from a well-to-do family; projected problems bringing up a baby; discussion of help from Oasis; pregnancy customs in India; comparison of women's roles here and in India; can't take more classes because of the baby; reads English books; possibility of learning English in England; future plans to find work; not much contact with the outside world reasons for wanting to stay in Canada; feelings toward her husband; difficulty in getting money from him; why they got married; deception.
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Carolyn Farr, 1985-08-20 to 1985-10-07
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Interview is conducted in Isabel's native language and English, through an interpreter.
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-308.
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No access restrictions apply.
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- Copying Restriction: See Use Restriction, below.
- Use Restriction: Refer to interviewee by pseudonym only in any published reference; not for broadcast use.
- Copyright Status: Copyright assigned to the B.C. Archives, 1985.
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Accession number(s): T4214
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Documentation files are CLOSED TO RESEARCHERS; however, the relevant information available can be viewed on-line.
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speaker: Isabel [pseudonym], interviewer: Carolyn M. Farr