In the News: Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month

Week of September 14, 2009

News Item: September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month. This week In the News looks at titles published since 2000 that relate to Latino, Chicano, and Hispanic cultures.

Atlas of Hispanic-American History
By George Ochoa and Carter Smith. Facts on File, 2009
Call Number: E184 .S75 O287 2009 (Boca Raton Reference – Non-Circulating)

Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation
By Frank Carbajal and Humberto Medina. Wiley, 2008
Call Number: E184 .S75 C367 2008

Changing Race: Latinos, The Census, and the History of Ethnicity in the United States
By Clara E. Rodriguez. New York University Press, 2000
Call Number: E1884 .S75 R64 2000 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

The Chicano/Latino Literary Prize: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Edited by Stephanie Fetta. Arte Público Press, 2008
Call Number: PS508 .H57 C47 2008

The Chronicles of Panchita Villa and Other Guerrilleras: Essays on Chicana/Latina Literature and Criticism
By Tey Diana Rebolledo. University of Texas Press, 2005
Call Number: PS153 .M4 R427 2005

A Companion to Latina/o Studies
Edited by Juan Flores and Renato Rosaldo. Blackwell Pub., 2007
Call Number: E184 .S75 C648 2007

Contemporary Latina/o Theater: Wrighting Ethnicity
By Jon D. Rossini. Southern Illinois University Press, 2008
Call Number: PS153 .H56 R67 2008

Decolonial Voices: Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies in the 21st Century
Edited by Arturo J. Aldama and Naomi H. Quiñonez. Indiana University Press, 2002
Call Number: E184 .M5 D34 2002 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Depression in Latinos: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Edited by Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola and Thomas P. Gullotta. Springer, 2008
Call Number: RC451.5 .H57 D47 2008

Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito del Norte
By Enriqueta Vasquez. Arte Público Press, 2006
Call Number: E184 .M5 L65 2006

The Flowers
By Dagoberto Gilb. Grove, 2008
Call Number: PS3557 .I296 F56 2008

From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture
Edited by Myra Mendible. University of Texas Press, 2007
Call Number: E184 .S75 F748 2007

How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences
Edited by José A. Cobas, Jorge Duany, and Joe R. Feagin. Paradigm, 2009
Call Number: E184 .S75 H74 2009

The Invisible Border: Latinos in America
By Samuel Roll and Marc Irwin. Intercultural Press, 2008
Call Number: E184 .S75 R675 2008

Latina Activists Across Borders: Women’s Grassroots Organizing in Mexico and Texas
By Milagros Peña. Duke University Press, 2007
Call Number: HN49 .W6 P46 2007

Latina Girls: Voices of Adolescent Strength in the United States
Edited by Jill Denner and Bianca L. Guzmán. New York University Press, 2006
Call Number: E184 .S75 L345 2006

Latina/o Communication Studies Today
Edited by Angharad N. Valdivia. Peter Lang, 2008
Call Number: P94.5 .H58 L36 2008

Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of América
Edited by Havidán Rodriguez, Rogelio Sáenz, and Cecilia Menjívar. Springer, 2008
Call Number: E184 .S75 L347 2008

Latino and Latina Writers
By Alan West-Durán. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2004
Call Number: PS153 .H56 L39 2004

The Latino Body: Crisis Identities in American Literary and Cultural Memory
By Lázaro Lima. New York University Press, 2007
Call Number: PS153 .M4 L54 2007

The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies
By Patricia Gándara and Frances Contreras. Harvard University Press, 2009
Call Number: LC2669 .G36 2009

Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice
Edited by Thomas A. Arcury and Sara A. Quandt. Springer, 2009
Call Number: HD8039 .F32 U6 2009

Latino Food Culture
By Zilkia Janer. Greenwood Press, 2008
Call Number: TX716 .A1 J36 2008

Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
By Arlene Dávila. New York University Press, 2008
Call Number: BV4468.2 .H57 W55 2008

The Latino Student’s Guide to College Success
Edited by Leonard A. Valverde. Greenwood Press, 2002
Call Number: LC2670.6 .H57 2001 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
By Leo R. Chavez. Stanford University Press, 2008
Call Number: PN4888 .H57 C43 2008

Latinos and the Nation’s Future
Edited by Henry G. Cisneros. Arte Público Press, 2009
Call Number: E184 .S75 L3678 2009

Latinos and the U.S. South
by José María Mantero. Praeger, 2008
Call Number: F220 .S75 M36 2008

Latinos in America: Philosophy and Social Identity
By Jorge J. E. Gracia. Blackwell Pub., 2008
Call Number: E184 .S75 G675 2008

Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature
Edited by Daniel A. Olivas. Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2008
Call Number: PS508 .H57 L43 2008

Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People
By Arlene Dávila. University of California Press, 2001
Call Number: Available online via NetLibrary

Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories
Edited by Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny, and Christina Gómez. Cornell University Press, 2007
Call Number: LC2670.6 .M58 2007

Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o America
Edited by Frances R. Aparicio, Cándida Jáquez, with María Elena Cepeda. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
Call Number: ML3918 .P67 M87 2003

The National Voter Registration Act: Impact and Implications for Latino and Non-Latino Communities
By Elaine Rodriguez. University Press of America, 2009
Call Number: KF4898 .R63 2009

No Greater Love: The Lives and Times of Hispanic Soldiers
By Freddie Valenzuela. Ovation Books, 2008
Call Number: U53 .V35 A3 2008

Officially Hispanic: Classification Policy and Identity
By José Enrique Idler. Lexington Books, 2007
Call Number: E184 .S75 I35 2007

Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA
By Julia Alvarez. Viking, 2007
Call Number: GT2490 .A45 2007

The Politics of Latino Faith: Religion, Identity, and Urban Community
By Catherine E. Wilson. New York University Press, 2008
Call Number: BV4468.2 .H57 W55 2008 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Performing Women and Modern Literary Culture in Latin America: Intervening Acts
By Vicky Unruh. University of Texas Press, 2006
Call Number: PQ7081.5 .U67 2006

Profane & Sacred: Latino/a American Writers Reveal the Interplay of the Secular and the Religious
By Bridget Kevane. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008
Call Number: PS153 .H56 K483 2008

Relocating Identities in Latin American Cultures
Edited by Elizabeth Montes Garcés. University of Calgary press, 2007
Call Number: PQ7081 .A1 R456 2007

Serving Latino Communities: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians
By Camila Alire and Jacqueline Ayala. Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007
Call Number: Z711.92 .H56 A44 2007

Spanish Language Media After the Univision-Hispanic Broadcasting
Edited by Luis V. Nuñez. Novinka Books, 2006
Call Number: PN1992.8 .H54 S63 2006

Speaking from the Body: Latinas on Health and Culture
Edited by Angie Chabram-Dernersesian and Adela de la Torre. The University of Arizona Press, 2008
Call Number: RA778.4 .H57 S64 2008