COLLECTION NAME:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Record
Collection Name:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Title:
Interview with Rose Espinola
Title Type:
Devised Title
Name:
Espinola, Rose
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
interviews
Date Created:
2023-04-27
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 online resource (1 video file, 1 hour, 39 min.)
Form:
digital moving image formats
Abstract:
A recorded zoom interview taken by Samira Mehta (interviewer) of Rose Espinola (interviewee) for the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum oral history project on April 27, 2023. Topics include: Ashkenazi and Mexican heritage, mental illness, physical disability, miscarriage, abortion, prayer, gender queer identity, midwife, doulas, heirlooms, and rituals.
Note:
00:00:00 Samira Mehta (interviewer) introduces Rose Espinola (interviewee) and the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum research project.00:00:29 Espinola discusses when and where they were born. 00:00:55 Epsinoa discusses their mother?s Russian/Polish ancestry and their father?s Mexican ancestry. 00:05:09 Espinola discusses their experience with pregnancy. They touch on mental illness, physical disability, friends and family experience with still births and miscarriages, rest, the Shenandoah River, Mayyim Hayyim Mikveh prayers, the Chalchiuhtlicue goddess, femininity, and being gender queer. 00:16:57 Espinola discusses their initial plans for a home birth at a birthing center because of their complicated medical history and neurocardiogenic syncope. They discuss the midwife they eventually chose. They discuss the challenges they faced trying to give birth during the height of COVID. They discuss testing positive for COVID and going to hospital for their birth and their use of an epidural. 00:28:18 Espinola discusses the traditions, rituals, and prayers they used during the pregnancy and birth of their child. 00:38:12 Espinola discusses their postpartum experience. They touch on ways they carried their baby. 00:44:04 Espinola goes into more detail about the prayers they used during and after their pregnancy. They touch on Leviticus, Mikvehs, postpartum doulas. 00:51:43 Espinola discusses family heirlooms that were significant to them during their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. 00:57:10 Espinola discusses the food they ate during their pregnancy and postpartum that felt significant. 00:58:23 Mehta discusses question logistics briefly. 00:58:50 Espinola discusses more ceremonies they performed during their pregnancy. 01:03:19 Espinola discusses genetic testing. 01:04:31 Espinola discusses their experience getting pregnant. 01:06:53 Espinola discusses any worries and fears they had during their pregnancy. 01:09:30 Espinola discusses what the experience of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum were like. They touch on their experiences with abortion and miscarriage as well. 01:13:28 Espinola discusses racism and class as it relates to their pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience. 01:21:44 Espinola discusses the rituals they would like to share with other Jews od color (JOC). They touch on feeling disconnecting from Judaism and reconnecting with it when they found JOC spaces. 01:25:15 Espinola discusses choosing before they knew the sex of their child that they would not have a briss performed. 01:27:00 Espinola discusses the holidays they celebrated growing up and celebrate now. 01:29:38 Espinola discusses non-holiday traditions they celebrate. 01:30:41 Espinola discusses what it means for them to be a Jew. 01:32:07 Espinola discusses what it means for them to be a Person of Color and Mexican. 01:35:37 Espinola discusses what I means for them to be a Jew of Color and Chicana. 01:39:00 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Subject Topic:
Jews
Subject Topic:
Miscarriage
Subject Topic:
Prayers and devotions
Subject Topic:
Doulas
Subject Topic:
Midwives
Subject Topic:
Food
Subject Topic:
Genderqueer identity
Subject Topic:
Pregnancy
Subject Topic:
Puerperium
Subject Topic:
Mikveh
Subject Topic:
Racism
Subject Topic:
COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-)
Subject Geographic:
United States (North and Central America) (nation)
Subject Geographic:
Mexico (North and Central America) (state)
Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_espinolaRose_interview.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 5093
Related Item:
Transcript from interview with Rose Espinola
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_espinolaRose_transcript.pdf
Date Captured:
2023
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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