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Books:
Fiction
Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casa Grandes by Kathleen Alcala
Zorro by Isabel Allende
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Brownsville by Oscar Casares
So Far From God by Ana Castillo
Loving Pedro Infante by Denise Chavez
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Esperanza’s Box of Saints by Maria Amparo Escandon
Malinche by Laura Esquivel
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
Woodcuts of Women by Dagoberto Gilb
Migrant Souls by Arturo Isla
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez
Our Lives are the Rivers by Jaime Manrique
This War Called Love by Alejandro Murguia
Here’s to You, Jesusa! by Elena Poniatowska
Isle of Passion by Laura Restrepo
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Chicano by Richard Vasquez
Books:
Non-Fiction
Las Tejanas: 300 years of History by Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez
Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Process of the Mexican Revolution by John Mason Hart
Revolution in Texas: How a Forgotten Rebellion and its Bloody Suppression Turned Mexicans into Americans by Benjamin Heber Johnson
North from Mexico; the Spanish-speaking people of the United States by Carey McWilliams
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Everything You Need to Know About Latino History by Himilce Novas
Writing Pancho Villa's Revolution: Rebels in the Literary Imagination of Mexico by Max Parra
Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History by Jorge Ramos
Brown: The Last Discovery of America by Richard Rodriguez
Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation by John Phillip Santos
The Hispanic Condition: The Power of a People by Ilan Stavans
Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States by Héctor Tobar
Movies
The Last Zapatistas: Forgotten Heroes (VHS): Interviews with the soldiers who fought alongside Gen. Emiliano Zapata in the 1910 Mexican Revolution.
Reed: Mexico Insurgente (VHS): A dramatization of the Mexican Revolution as reported by John Reed
100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood (DVD): Examines the work of hispanic actors and filmmakers, as well as big-screen images of the Latino from the silent era to the present. Features profiles of figures such as Anthony Quinn, Desi Arnaz, Carmen Miranda, Rita Hayworth, and Benicio Del Toro.
International Latino Film Festival: November 3-19, 2006
http://www.latinofilmfestival.org/
Web sites
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution (Research at the Getty)
http://getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/
Library of Congress - Portals to the World: History – Mexico
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/hispanic/mexico/resources/mexico-history.html
Lines of Sight – Views of the U.S./Mexican Border – Sweeney Art Gallery
http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/border/
Luis Urreas’ page about Teresita
www.luisurrea.com/teres/teresita.htm
Biography of Teresa Urrea from the Handbook of Texas Online
www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/UU/fur4.html
History of the U.S./Mexican Border
http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/index.html
Local Places to Learn More about Mexican Culture
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA
The museum galleries are closed for the construction of a new facility. Contact the Museum for educational and public programs in the community.
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
http://www.missionculturalcenter.org/
Precita Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center
http://www.precitaeyes.org/
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