Where We're Really From

This project, Where We’re Really From explores the struggles and triumphs of Hansel Pham and Thu Nguyen as they raise two boys, Hayle, 9, and Henry, 7. The brothers are just beginning to learn about and understand their layered identities. Their parents, Thu and Hansel are helping them become aware of their culture and sense of self as they come-of-age in an American society where ideas of masculinity, gender, and race are ever evolving. The project spans from February 2019 to March 2020 and takes place in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The project entails still photography, video documentary, a multimedia website, and original reporting.

Author

• Lee, Eric

Language

• en

Keyword

• Masculinity
• Asian American
• Coming-of-age
• Family
• Boyhood
• Identity

Date created

• 2020

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• New Media Photojournalism

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Sterner, Susan

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/cr56n178m