Sheila M. Contreras interviews Dr. Christine Marin, Professor and Archivist Emerita from Arizona State University

Description:: Dr. Christine Marin, Professor and Archivist Emerita from Arizona State University is interviewed by Sheila M. Contreras, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Michigan State University. Marin talks about the the movie "Salt of the Earth" and describes typical family dynamics during the strike, the roles women played and how they were empowered within labor organizations, living conditions, discrimination, and gender roles. Marin also provides a history of the Mexican-American struggle in Arizona from a working class to an educated class with growing ethnic pride. Sponsored by MSU's Chicano/Latino Studies Program, the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the MSU "Our Daily Work - Our Daily Lives" series. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' faculty film series.
Date Issued:: 2010-11-11T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:: New Mexico, Hanover, and Arizona
Subject Topic:: Empire Zinc Company Strike, Hanover, N.M., 1950-1951, Families, Effect of strikes and lockouts on, Women in the labor movement, Mexican Americans, and Social conditions
Subject Title:: Salt of the earth (Motion picture)
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5fq9q58d