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Southern Prison Blues
Date: 1/1/1963Call Number: Vin 046Producers: Everest Records, Tradition, Harry OsterCollection: General materials
A collection of traditional blues songs about prison life performed by prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. Produced by folklorist Harry Oster. Songs chronicle the injustices and inherent racism of Southern prison life.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 1 of 2
Date: 5/15/1963Call Number: CE 645Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discusses how closely Californians of Mexican descent retain Mexican language and culture. Multiple interviews about the use of Spanish and English. The danger of the loss of cultural identity, assimilation, inferiority, and bilingualism.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language, Reel 2 of 2
Date: 5/18/1963Call Number: CE 646Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Various interviews conducted; discussion of the challenges of the acquisition/retention of Spanish with each generation of Mexican Americans, Spanglish or code switching, the role of communities in language usage; literacy, and the interest or lack thereof in Mexican and Spanish language literature.
Californians of Mexican descent; Program #3 Culture and the question of language.
Date: 5/15/1963Call Number: CD 847Format: CDProducers: Collin B. EdwardsProgram: Californians of Mexican descentCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Discusses how closely Californians of Mexican descent retain Mexican language and culture. Multiple interviews about the use of Spanish and English. The danger of the loss of cultural identity, assimilation, inferiority, and bilingualism.
Various interviews conducted; discussion of the challenges of the acquisition/retention of Spanish with each generation of Mexican Americans, Spanglish or code switching, the role of communities in language usage; literacy, and the interest or lack thereof in Mexican and Spanish language literature.
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