![]() The composition and setting is sourced from a scene in Eaton’s short story, in which Mrs. We interact with the character in the kitchen of Tran’s own home. ![]() Spring Fragrance” features Tran, dressed in the facade of a mid twentieth century housewife. In his artist’s statement, Tran explains a guiding question of his work: “How do I fit in my rural landscape amongst the white faces, red barns, and camouflage?” He centers on a specific symbol of rural America - camouflage - in this exploration. In his artist’s statement he writes, “While queer gender performances and identities are becoming increasingly visible in urban settings, they remain the subaltern in a rural setting.” His work becomes revolutionary in this sense - altering and broadening the visual language of his new home and community. Tran, who identifies as a queer man, began to explore what it means to be non-White and gay in his new locale. Following a move from San Francisco to a rural town in Pennsylvania, Tran turned his camera on himself. Tran, the child of Vietamese immigrants, spent the majority of his life living in West coast cities - first Los Angeles and then San Francisco. Spring Fragrance - that Sanh Brian Tran personifies in his 2017 photo series (also titled “Mrs. It is this character - the eponymous Mrs. Spring Fragrance was even more ‘Americanized.’” Eaton’s series follows the couple’s experience in America, peppered with racialized aggression toward them and framed by their commitment to both their Chinese heritage and desire to be American. Eaton writes, “Though conservatively Chinese in many respects, he was at the same time what is called by the Westerners, ‘Americanized.’ Mrs. Though she spoke no English when she arrived in Seattle, five years later her husband declares she has not a single English word left to learn. ![]() The woman, a Chinese immigrant in the United States, is introduced through her own Americanization. Spring Fragrance, one of a series of stories written in 1912 by Edith Maude Eaton (under the nom de plume Sui Sin Far), begins by introducing a woman named Mrs. Learn more about Eaton and find out why, if you haven’t already, you should find a spot on your bookshelf for the still-very-relevant Mrs. ![]() and began writing articles about what it was like to live as a Chinese woman in a white America. Sui Sin Far, the pen name of Edith Maude Eaton, was a journalist and writer of Chinese and British descent who moved to the U.S. Spring Fragrance (1912), with journalist and author Victoria Namkung, who has her Master’s Degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. In this week’s episode, Amy and Kim have a conversation about Sui Sin Far and her wonderful short story collection, Mrs. ![]()
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