Interview with Guadalupe "Lupita" Béjar Verbeten, November 14 and December 6, 2014
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- 2014-11-14
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Guadalupe "Lupita" Béjar is interviewed on November 14, 2014 in Madison, Wisconsin, and December 6, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Béjar reviews her early life, and her impoverished background in Jalisco, Mexico. Béjar also talks about her early politicization and exposure to activism within her family. Béjar addresses her own political activity around employment justice, and her passion for combining her work as a singer with her activism. Béjar also emphasizes the importance of art, expression, and community involvement.This video interview was conducted by students who participated in a Chican@ and Latin@ Studies (CLS) course at University of Wisconsin-Madison, taught by Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, Ph.D.. Students were trained in qualitative research methodology and design, data analysis, videography, editing, archival selection, interviewing, and transcribing. Students then traveled to various parts of Wisconsin to record video interviews of Latina activists and then edit
- Creator
Béjar Verbeten, Guadalupe "Lupita"
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Oral histories (document genre)
Hispanic American women -- Political activity -- Wisconsin
Hispanic American women -- Wisconsin -- Interviews
Women political activists -- Wisconsin -- Interviews - Location
- Madison (Wis.); Milwaukee (Wis.)
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- moving image
- Language
- English
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- Béjar Verbeten, Guadalupe "Lupita". Interview with Guadalupe "Lupita" Béjar Verbeten, November 14 and December 6, 2014. 2014-11-14. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/5. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Béjar Verbeten, Guadalupe "Lupita", (2014-11-14) Interview with Guadalupe "Lupita" Béjar Verbeten, November 14 and December 6, 2014. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/5
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- Béjar Verbeten, Guadalupe "Lupita". Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/5>.