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Machismo
Juan David Coronado
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2015-10-26
Machismo Introduction Machismo, the Spanish term for masculinity, has become a pervasive term in the conversation of gender studies in the Uni...
Mambo
Gustavo Pérez-Firmat
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
MamboIntroductionRooted in Afro-Cuban music, the mambo was a music and dance phenomenon that swept the world in the 1950s. Its origins go back several...
Martí, José
Alfred J. López
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
José Martí Introduction José Julian Martí y Pérez (b. 1853–d. 1895) was the founding hero of Cuban independence and stands among the half doze...
Memoirs
Isabel Alvarez Borland
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
MemoirsIntroductionThe genre of the memoir is nearly as old as writing and dates back to at least the 5th-century “Confessions” of St. Augustine, alth...
Merengue and Bachata
Gustavo Pérez-Firmat
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2015-03-30
Merengue and BachataIntroductionOriginating in the Dominican Republic, the merengue is a music and dance reflective of cultural identity of the countr...
Mexican-American and Latino Religions
Gastón Espinosa
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Mexican American and Latino Religions Introduction This bibliography traces the origins and historical development of Mexican American and L...
Miami
Dario Moreno
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Miami Introduction Miami is an important US city on the Atlantic coast, in the southeast region of the country. The city of Miami proper is on...
Migrant Workers
Kathleen Mapes
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Migrant Workers Introduction By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mexican and Mexican American migrant workers played an increasingly im...
Museums
Verónica E. Betancourt, Frederick Luis Aldama
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Museums Introduction Though Latinos have a long history of actively shaping cultural phenomena in the United States, their presence within mus...
New Jersey
Yolanda Prieto
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
New JerseyIntroductionLatinos have been in New Jersey since the 1850s, but it was not until the 1950s and 1960s that the number of Hispanics rose sign...
New Mexico
Michael L. Trujillo
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
New Mexico Introduction Since New Mexico’s incorporation into the United States following the Mexican-American War, New Mexico’s percentage of...
Newspapers, Spanish-Language
José Luis Benavides
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Spanish-Language NewspapersIntroductionPart native, part immigrant, and part exile, the Spanish-language press has had a long history in the United St...
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Carmen E. Lamas
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2019-01-15
Nineteenth-Century LiteratureIntroductionResearch on 19th-century Latina/o literature offers readers a burgeoning and flourishing field of study. Neve...
Non-Latino Authors Writing on Latino Topics
Steven G. Kellman
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Non-Latino Authors Writing on Latino Topics Introduction Just as Latinos (people of Latin American or Iberian descent) have become the largest...
Nuyorican Poets Café
Miranda Martinez
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Nuyorican Poets CafeIntroductionThe Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a nonprofit spoken-word and performance venue in Manhattan’s East Village. The Nuyorican w...
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Socorro Castañeda-Liles
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Our Lady of Guadalupe Introduction According to Mexican tradition, on 12 December 1531, an event took place that marked the beginning of a mes...
Pan-Latinidad
Marion Rohrleitner
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Pan-Latinidad Introduction “Pan-latinidad” is a complex term whose meaning changes, depending on historical, geopolitical, and ideological con...
Paredes, Américo
Ilan Stavans, Derek Xavier García
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Américo ParedesIntroductionAmérico Paredes (b. 1915–d. 1999) was considered to be one of the foremost Mexican-American scholars of the 20th century. H...
Photography
Colin Gunckel
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2020-03-25
PhotographyIntroductionThis bibliography reflects the multifaceted relationship between Latina/os and various photographic traditions. As individuals ...
Political Representation, Coalitions, and Gender
Jason P. Casellas, Kenicia Wright
Subject: Latino Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Political Representation, Coalitions, and GenderIntroductionThe study of Latino politics began with comparisons to racial and ethnic politics, first i...
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