IU Marks Hispanic heritage month with visit by civil rights pioneer, films and festivities
IU Marks Hispanic heritage month with visit by civil rights pioneer, films and festivities
- September 13, 2010
- Vicki Ruiz, School of Humanities dean and Chicano/Latino studies & history professor, is featured in Broadway World September 13, 2010
From Broadway World:
Also speaking as part of the month's activities is Vicki L. Ruiz, an award-winning
author, pioneer in the field of Chicana/Latina history and dean of the School of Humanities
at the University of California Irvine. Ruiz, the author of 14 books covering a broad
range of Latino/Latina subjects, including oral narratives, gender studies, labor
and immigration, will speak Sept. 14 (Thursday) at 4 p.m. in Room 310 of Ballantine
Hall on the topic "Citizen Restaurant: American Imaginaries, American Communities."
Her books have brought attention to how Mexican and Mexican-American women have played
leading roles in labor unions and how they navigated the multiple terrains of gender,
race, ethnicity, class and sexuality from the pressures of Americanization and consumer
culture, to the pressures from within their communities to maintain their cultural
integrity.
For the full story, please visit http://indianapolis.broadwayworld.com/article/IU_Marks_Hispanic_Heritage....
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