Film, Video Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20.

Title

• Christine Lewis interview conducted by Patricia Francois, 2016-02-20.

Summary

• Christine Lewis serves as a cultural organizer at Domestic Workers United. She is interviewed by her colleague, Patricia Francois. She speaks forcefully about Domestic Workers United, drawing on her Calypsonian roots and her skills as a steel pan drummer, spoken word artist, and poet. She discusses leaving her home of Trinidad and Tobago for New York City to work as domestic worker. She talks about the innate qualities of raising children found in a Caribbean home, and how that has served her in the profession. She discusses stereotypes that domestic workers encounter in the United States and the different types of treatment she has endured in her work. NOTE: This is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Christine Lewis conducted by Patricia Francois. The second interview, Part 2, took place on 2016-05-25, and was submitted separately as interview afc2015027_03300.

Names

• Lewis, Christine Yvette, interviewee.
• Francois, Patricia, interviewer.
• Brooklyn Arts Council, sponsor.
• Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor.

Created / Published

• 2016-02-20

Headings

• -  Lewis, Christine Yvette--Interviews
• -  Nannies--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
• -  Caregivers--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
• -  Storytelling
• -  Well-being--Religious aspects
• -  Unfair labor practices
• -  Wages--Caregivers
• -  Work and family
• -  Work environment
• -  Work songs
• -  Work-life balance
• -  Working mothers
• -  Labor contract
• -  Labor disputes
• -  Labor laws and legislation
• -  Quality of work life
• -  Racism in the workplace
• -  Household employees--New York (State)--New York--Interviews
• -  Discrimination in employment--United States

Genre

• Sound recordings
• Video recordings
• Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
• Interviews
• Oral histories
• Personal narratives

Notes

• -  Recorded at Domestic Workers United's headquarters, Brooklyn, New York, February 20, 2016.
• -  Domestic Workers United: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016 (AFC 2015/027: 03199) 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.

Medium

• 1 sound file (wav) (01:09:35) : digital, sound.
• 2 video files (mov) (01:09:35) : digital, sound, color.
• 1 photograph : digital, jpg, color.
• 2 manuscripts : pdf, docx, doc, text files.

Source Collection

• Domestic Workers United: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016 AFC 2015/027: 03199

Repository

• Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2015027.afc2015027_03199_mv01
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2015027.afc2015027_03199_sr01
• afc2015027.afc2015027_03199_ph
• afc2015027.afc2015027_03199_ms02
• afc2015027.afc2015027_03199_ms03

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2020655644

Rights Advisory

• Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

Access Advisory

• Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact

Online Format

• image
• audio
• video
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2020655644

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