"Broken Promise Land": A series of monologues based on women in Tijuana, Mexico
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Authors
Harrison, Anne
Issue Date
1998
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Thesis
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en_US
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The first ideas for my SIP came from two places. During the summer of
my Junior year I wrote a research paper about the affects the Maquiladora
industry had on women in Northern Mexico.
Maquiladoras are large factories that employ mostly women between the
ages of 18-24 for five dollars a day. As a result of NAFTA, these industries are
prospering by exploiting Mexican labor. I became interested in the role that
women played, and the great migration to Northern Mexico. This reminded me of
the experiences I had the summer after my first year at "K".
I volunteered for two months at a shelter for illegal woman and children in
El Paso, Texas. The women I met had incredible stories and fascinating lives of
transition, relocation, hope, and desperation. The stories amazed, excited, and
saddened me and I could not forget their faces nor their lives.
In the fall, when I began form ideas about my SIP, I didn't know how I
wanted to explore Mexican women on the border. I could have done social
research, but, I hated the formality and the outside look that social research takes.
I didn't feel appropriate making judgments and generalization about another group
of people. I knew that I wanted to bring their stories and voices out, but not to be
analyzed, simply expressed to a population unfamiliar with the issues at our
southern border.
I was taking a Fundamentals of Acting class with Adrianne Krstansky at
the time, and I
loved it. I enjoyed and worked hard in the class and it sparked an interest in me.
So, I began to think about the stage. I ran into Adrianne's office and told her
about these women and their stories, and she suggested writing monologues. From
that point, I knew that a series of monologues based on the stories of the women
on the border would be the direction I need to take with my SIP.
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iii, 57 p.
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