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Costumbres: A Digital Archive of Latino Spanish in the Los Angeles

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-017

Scope and Contents

Costumbres is a living archive or an on-going ethnography of contemporary language practices, usages, or costumes of a major U.S. ethnic group. Its mission is to collect, organize, and make public a continual account of vernacular Spanish in the Los Angeles area and neighboring communities. Costumbres is only available as a digital item. For access to Costumbres please contact the Gerth Archives and Special Collections.

Dates

  • Issued: June 22, 2023

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Since approximately 1980, the data in this document was and continues to be collected by the director- Dr. Miguel Dominguez Professor Emeritus of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages CSU Dominguez Hills, as a participant observer and an investigator in the field, as well as university Spanish instructor hearing (and overhearing) conversations or chats in a variety of contexts, and to a lesser extent, assessing the Spanish of latino students in course work and activities.

Extent

2.74 Gigabytes (one PDF document; 523 pages)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Title
Costumbres: A Digital Archive of Latino Spanish in the Los Angeles Area
Status
Completed
Author
Karen Clemons
Date
2023-09
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson CA 90747
310-243-3895