Latina/O Studies: Selected Readings and Films

Sylvia Lopez

Beloit College

Latina/o Studies: Selected Readings and Films

Multidisciplinary Reader:

·  Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres (Eds.). The Latino Studies Reader: Culture, Economy, and Society (1998)

·  Juan Flores and Renato Rosaldo (Eds.) Companion to Latina/o Studies (Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies, 2007)

·  Mary Romero, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Vilma Ortiz (Eds.) Challenging Fronteras: Structuring Latina and Latino Lives in the U.S. (1997)

·  Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco & Mariela M. Paéz (Eds.). Latinos: Remaking America (2002)

Anthropology/Cultural Studies/Sociology:

·  Gloria Anzaldua: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)

·  Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic: The Latino/a Condition: A Critical Reader (1998)

·  Jorge Duany. The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States (2002)

·  Hedda Garza. Latinas: Hispanic Women in the United States (2001)

·  Ed Morales: Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America (2002)

·  Himilce Novas. Everything You Need to Know about Latino History (1998)

·  Suzanne Oboler: Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of (Re)Presentation in the United States (1995)

·  Jorge Ramos: The Other Face of America: Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future (La otra cara de América) (2003)

·  Earl Shorris. Latinos: A Biography of the People (1992)

·  Ilan Stavans. The Hispanic Condition: The Power of a People (2001, 2nd ed.)

History:

·  Juan Gonzalez: Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (2000)

·  David Gutierrez: The Columbia history of Latinos in the United States since 1960 (2004)

·  George Ochoa and Carter Smith: An Atlas of Hispanic-American History (2008)

Literary works

Various:

·  Cuentos hispanos de los Estados Unidos (Julián Olivares. Ed., 1993)

·  En otra voz: Antología de literatura hispana de los Estados Unidos (Nicolas Kanellos, Ed., 2002)

·  Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States (Nicolas Kanellos, Ed., 2003)

·  Iguana Dreams (Delia Poey & Virgil Suárez. Eds., 1992)

·  Se habla español: Voces Latinas en USA (Edmundo Paz Soldán & Alberto Fuguet. Eds., 2009)

·  The Prentice Hall Anthology of Latino Literature (Eduardo del Río, Ed., 2001)

·  U.S. Latino Literature Today (Gabriela Baeza Ventura, Ed. 2005)

Mexican:

·  Gloria Anzaldúa: Borderlands/La Frontera

·  Norma Elia Cantú: Canícula

·  Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street (La casa en Mango Street)

·  Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez: I am Joaquin (Yo soy Joaquín)

·  Francisco Jiménez: Cajas de cartón

·  Tomas Rivera: …y no se lo tragó la tierra (...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him)

·  Richard Rodriguez: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez; Brown: The Last Discovery of America

·  Luis Valdes: Zoot Suit (Zoot Suit)

·  Helena Maria Viramontes: The Moths and Other Stories

Puerto Rican:

·  José Luis González: El país de cuatro pisos

·  René Marqués: La carreta

·  Judith Ortiz Cofer: Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood; The Latin Deli

·  Miguel Piñero: Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings

·  Esmeralda Santiago: When I was Puerto Rican (Cuando era puertorriqueña)

·  Piri Thomas: Down these Mean Streets (Por estas calles bravas)

Cuban:

·  Dolores Prida: Beautiful Señoritas

·  Oscar Hijuelos: Mambo Kings

·  Gustavo Perez Firmat: Next Year in Cuba; poems

Dominican:

·  Julian Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent; In the Time of the Butterflies

·  Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao; Drown

Films and Documentaries

Mexicans

·  A Day without a Mexican

·  An American Story with Richard Rodriguez

·  Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

·  Hispanic American: One or Many Cultures?

·  My Family/Mi familia

·  Real Women Have Curves

·  The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

·  Tortilla Soup

·  Zoot Suit

Puerto Ricans

·  Almost a Woman (made for TV)

·  La guagua aérea (not subtitled)

·  Los dos mundos de Angelita

·  Mi Puerto Rico

·  West Side Story

·  Yo soy boricua, pa que tú lo sepas!" (I Am a Boricua, Just So You Know It.) (Listen to interview with Rosie Perez (producer) on NPR: “Rosie Perez Film Explores Puerto Rican Pride”)

Cubans

·  Balseros

·  El super

·  Mambo Kings

·  ¿Qué pasa, U.S.A?

Dominicans

·  Nueba Yol

Latinos in Cartoons

·  http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory/l/latinos.asp

·  Google images: Lalo Alcaraz, Latino cartoons, Hispanic cartoon, etc.