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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Karen Brodkin research files and recorded interviews
Creator:
Brodkin, Karen
source:
Brodkin, Karen
source:
Howes, Carollee
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1914
Physical Description:
3.25 Linear Feet
(5 shoe boxes and 4 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1980s-2000s
Abstract: Materials on labor, race, gender, the environment and contemporary grass roots social movements in Los Angeles communities.
The materials were produced through the academic research of Karen Brodkin, Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Anthropology Department.
The collection mainly consists of recorded interviews in a variety of formats. Additionally, the collection includes audiovisual
materials as well as documents, photographs, and negatives from research in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS DIGITAL/AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed digital and audiovisual materials.
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Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library Special Collections. The library can grant
permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted
in writing to Library Special Collections. Credit shall be given as follows: The Regents of the University of California on
behalf of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Karen Brodkin research files and recorded interviews (Collection 1914). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Gloria Gonzalez with assistance from Kelley Bachli, September 2012.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Karen Brodkin is Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Anthropology Department. Brodkin recieved her Ph. D. from the University of
Michigan in 1971. Her research concentrates on social movements, gender, work and kinship, political economy, as well as race
and contemporary North American cultures. Selected works of Brodkin's include
Power Politics: Environmentalism in South Los Angeles (2009);
Making Democracy Matter: Identity and Activism in Los Angeles (2007);
How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America(1988), in addition to
Caring by the Hour: Women, Work and Organizing at Duke Medical Center (1988) and
Sisters and Wives: the Past and Future of Sexual Equality (1979). Brodkin is also the creator of the 1998 documentary video,
Let's Own It! The Struggle of the Lincoln Place Tenants Association.
Scope and Content
The collection mainly consists of recorded interviews in a variety of formats. Additionally, the collection includes audiovisual
materials as well as documents, photographs, and negatives from research in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Topics of
the material include labor, race, gender, the environment and contemporary grass roots social movements in Los Angeles communities.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brodkin, Karen
Howes, Carollee