Author: Alyssa Koh

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ArtFacts. “Persona Grata.” ArtFacts, 2018, https://artfacts.net/exhibition/persona-grata/856092.Accessed 16 April 2022. Ardouvin, Pierre. L’île. Bois, linoléum, porte-manteau, vêtements, néons. 2007. Slash Paris,https://slash-paris.com/en/evenements/persona-grata-9e-exposition-de-la-collection.Accessed 17 April 2022. Beaman, Jean. “Boundaries of Frenchness: cultural citizenship and France’s middle-class North African second- generation.” Identities Global Studies in Culture and Power, vol. 22, no. 1, 2014, pp. 36-52. Taylor & Francis Online,… Continue reading Paper 2: Resources

The Persona Grata was an art exposition held by the Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration and MAC VAL (Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne) in Paris between October 2018 to January 2019 (ArtFacts). The exhibit, curated by Ingrid Jurzak and Anne-Laure Flacelière, was a collection of contemporary art depicting the French welcome of immigrants to the… Continue reading How to be French If Your Parents Weren’t: Paper 1

Persona Grata was an art exhibition presented by Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration and MAC VAL (Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne) (ArtFacts). Located in Paris, France between October 2018 to 2019, this art exhibit expressed the sentiments of immigrants and their post-immigration lives (ArtFacts). Specifically, the exhibition highlights the divide between the French and the… Continue reading How to be French If Your Parents Weren’t: Paper 2

Robin de Jong “How To Be French If Your Parents Weren’t” is a project designed to study the second generation immigrant experience in France with connections to art, specifically the contemporary art exhibit Persona Grata. Second generation immigrants lack a so-called cultural citizenship; they are not viewed as “French”, even though in technical terms, they… Continue reading How To Be French If Your Parents Weren’t