Liseth Valencia interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-06-04
Valencia, Liseth,
interviewee
Francois, Patricia,
interviewer
Brooklyn Arts Council,
sponsor
Occupational Folklife Project,
sponsor
moving image
videorecording
spoken word
two-dimensional moving image
still image
Sound recordings.
Video recordings.
Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives.
nyu
2016
monographic
2016-06-04
eng
1 sound file (wav) (01:13:32) : digital, sound.
2 video files (mov) (01:13:32) : digital, sound, color.
2 photographs : digital, jpg, color.
2 manuscripts : pdf, doc, text files.
This interview with domestic worker Liseth Valencia, like others in this collection, focuses on the following themes: her biographical and background information; domestic workers' overview of their work inside their employer's homes and how they frame it as "real work"; how the domestic workforce negotiates and balances their work in other people's homes with the needs and demands of own homes and personal lives; their relationship to Domestic Workers United and the movement for domestic workers' rights; and the community of workers that has been created through the DWU organization. In this interview, Valencia also recounts the story of her migration from Guatemala, and how she negotiates her relationships with employers. Of particular note is her resistance to creating a "love" relationship with the children and families she works for.
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Recorded at the headquarters of Domestic Workers United, Brooklyn, New York, June 4, 2016.
Domestic Workers United: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016 (AFC 2015/027: 03400) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
In English.
n-us-ny
Valencia, Liseth
Interviews
Household employees
New York (State)
New York
Interviews
Supplementary employment
Temporary employment
Work and family
Work environment
Work ethic
Work-life balance
Job satisfaction
Job stress
Quality of work life
Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
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Domestic Workers United: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016
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AFC 2015/027: 03400
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