Ramsey Library at UNC Asheville: Latinx y Latin American Studies: Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month 2023

Poetry in Action – Latin American Voices, Cultures & Experiences

Hispanic Heritage Month Resources

hispanicheritagemonth.gov
"The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society."

Hispanic Heritage Month (NPS)
This webpage curated by the National Parks Service celebrates Hispanic heritage and the Hispanic and Latino Americans who have shaped the National Parks Service. It offers resources to learn more about Hispanic history, culture, and experience.

Hispanic Heritage Month (SI)
"We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15 with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcasts." This page offers educational resources on Hispanic heritage curated by the Smithsonian Institution.

!Presente! logo A Latino History of the United States
"Reexamine what you know about U.S. history by learning more about Latino identity, immigration, historical legacies, and how Latinas and Latinos have shaped the nation. Listen to first-person oral histories, examine 3D objects, dive into historical biographies, and explore some of the objects found in the exhibition to see how the past relates to the present."

American Latino Heritage Theme Study
This theme study published by the National Park System Advisory Board brings together scholarship on Latino art, business, history, education, food and more.

Selected Filmography

Nostalgia de la Luz
Director Patricio Guzman travels to the driest place on earth, Chile's Atacama Desert, where astronomers examine distant galaxies, archaeologists uncover traces of ancient civilizations, and women dig for the remains of disappeared relatives
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Call # QB82.C5 N67 2011

Chicano Rock! [: the Sounds of East Los Angeles / produced, written, directed, and edited by Jon Wilkman
A look at the generations of young Mexican-Americans who express their heritage through music. Features rare film, photos, and music from artists such as Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, El Chicano, Los Lobos, and more
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Call # ML394 .C45 2008

Black in Latin America / a production of Inkwell Films, Wall to Wall Media LTD and Thirteen in association with WNET.org ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; series producer, Ricardo Pollack
Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels to Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to discover the African influence on Latin America. He examines the shared legacy of colonialism and slavery in a region that imported ten times as many slaves as the United States, and kept them in bondage far longer. Gates finds that the influence of people of African descent has had a massive influence on the history and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean, despite sometimes being forgotten or ignored
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Call # F1419.N4 B53 2011

FILMS ON DEMAND selections for Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Voices

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
Call Number: PZ7.F66433 Ni 2010
ISBN: 1250005590
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
90 Miles to Havana is a 2011 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Narrative and a 2011 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Call Number: PR9199.4.M656174 M49 2021
ISBN: 9780525620808
Publication Date: 2021-06-15
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes "a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror" (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
Silent Dancing by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Call Number: PS3565.R7737 Z477 1991
ISBN: 9781558850156
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Cofer's award-winning collection of prose recalls her childhood spent shuttling between the island of her birth and New Jersey.
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Call Number: PQ7298.15.S638 C6613 1992
ISBN: 9780385420167
Publication Date: 1992-09-06
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. The classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef. She shares special points of her favorite preparations with listeners throughout the story.
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Call Number: PS3551.N27 B54 1972
ISBN: 0446600253
Publication Date: 1994-04-01
From "one of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists" comes a coming-of-age classic and the bestselling Chicano novel of all time that follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs -- now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" (Denver Post). Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will probe the family ties that bind and rend him, and he will discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past--a mythic legacy as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world... and will nurture the birth of his soul.

Artemio Posadas: Mexican Music & Dance from California

In this performance of Mexican music and dance, Artemio Posadas is accompanied by Russell Rodriguez, Dolores Garcia and Mary Ann Zahorsky.

Peruvian Marinera Dance with Marinera Viva

Marinera Viva showcases a different way of living, feeling and dancing the marinera -- often called the national dance of Peru. The show displays every element of the dance, from the skirts and ponchos, to the intricate steps and overall romance. Julie Freundt and other well-known virtuoso musicians will share the stage with national champion dancers of the marinera norteña and marinera limeña styles.

Speaker Biography: Julie Freundt is a singer and diva of Peruvian criollo music.

For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feat...

Selected work on Hispanic Art and Artists

Latinx Photography in the United States by Elizabeth Ferrer
Call Number: TR139 .F47 2020
ISBN: 0295747633
Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Whether at UFW picket lines in California's Central Valley or capturing summertime street life in East Harlem Latinx photographers have documented fights for dignity and justice as well as the daily lives of ordinary people. Their powerful, innovative photographic art touches on family, identity, protest, borders, and other themes, including the experiences of immigration and marginalization common to many of their communities. Yet the work of these artists has largely been excluded from the documented history of photography in the United States. Through individual profiles of more than eighty photographers from the early history of the photographic medium to the present, Elizabeth Ferrer introduces readers to Latinx portraitists, photojournalists, and documentarians and their legacies. She traces the rise of a Latinx consciousness in photography in the 1960s and '70s and the growth of identity-based approaches in the 1980s and '90s. Ferrer argues that in many cases a shared sense of struggle has motivated photographers to work purposefully, driven by a deep sense of resistance, social and political commitments, and cultural affirmation, and she highlights the significance of family photos to their approaches and outlooks. Works range from documentary and street photography to narrative series to conceptual projects. Latinx Photography in the United States is the first book to offer a parallel history of photography, one that no longer lies at the margins but rather plays a crucial role in imagining and creating a broader, more inclusive American visual history.

From Tejano to Tango by Walter Aaron Clark (Editor)
Call Number: ML3475 .F76 2002
ISBN: 9781136536809
Publication Date: 2013-02-01
Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music. The essays cover the social and political impact the music generated as well as the rhythmic development of the various genres. In this essential book, significant personalities, including Carmen Miranda, are discussed. The scope of the contributors is vast as divergent musical styles such as the Macarena dace craze, Bob Marley's reggae music and the seductive strains of the tango are analyzed.

Land of a Thousand Dances by David Reyes; Tom Waldman
Call Number: ML3534 .R388 1998
ISBN: 9780826319296
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Evolving from blues, R&B, boleros, funk, punk, and the British invasion, Chicano rock 'n' roll out of Southern California has enriched the music scene forever with the likes of Ritchie Valens, Thee Midniters, Cannibal and the Headhunters, El Chicano, The Brat, and Los Lobos, to name a few. This book tells the story of this uniquely American sound beginning with Lalo Guerrero and Chico Sesmamusical forefathers in East LA and the white DJs and black musicians who in the 1950s first recognised Mexican Americans as a powerful market. Next came the producers who travelled the garage circuit looking for new talent, and, of course, the kids who sang and composed their way to record labels. The constant through it all has been the Chicano fans who to this day hand down oldies like cherished heirlooms. Through interview and anecdote, Land of a Thousand Dances formally installs Chicanos in the history of rock 'n' roll.

South American Folk Pottery by Gertrude Litto
Call Number: NK4002 .L57 1976
ISBN: 9780823048731
Publication Date: 1976-05-01

The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show by Gianni Mercurio (Editor)
Call Number: N6537.B233 A4 2006
ISBN: 9788876249273
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
One of the most complete monographs of the artist to date, this illuminating volume depicts the explosive career of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), who is hailed as one of the finest American neo-expressionists of his era.

Frida Kahlo: the Paintings by Hayden Herrera
Call Number: ND1329.K33 H4 1991
ISBN: 9780060923198
Publication Date: 2002-06-04
In small, stunningly rendered self-portraits, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo painted herself cracked open, hemorrhaging during a miscarriage, anesthetized on a hospital gurney, and weeping beside her own extracted heart. Her works are so incendiary in emotion and subject matter that one art critic suggested the walls of an exhibition be covered with asbestos. In this beautiful book, art historian Hayden Herrera brings together numerous paintings and sketches by Kahlo, documenting each with explanatory text that probes the influences in Kahlo's life and their meaning for her work.

Jose Clemente Orozco in the United States by Gonzalez Renato Mello
Call Number: ND259.O7 A4 2002
ISBN: 9780393041767
Publication Date: 2002-04-17
The complete North American work of one of Mexico's greatest muralists. Among the Mexican muralists working in this country during the 1920s and 1930s, including the giants Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, the paintings of José Clemente Orozco are arguably the strongest and most politically charged. This important and profusely illustrated volume is proof. From his first commission, Prometheus, at Pamona College and his highly political work at the New School for Social Research in New York to what some feel is his masterpiece, The Epic of American Civilization, at Dartmouth College, Orozco's stinging characterizations of hypocrisy, greed, and oppression challenged conventional conservative views, to such an extent that in certain instances demands were made for the destruction of his works. All of Orozco's North American work is presented here, with discussions on his life and influences as well as his place among the other Mexican artists and his impact on the exuberant art of the 1960s and 1970s.

Selected Readings from Our Collection

Forging People by Jorge Gracia (Editor)
Call Number: F1419.A1 F66 2011
ISBN: 9780268080662
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Forging People explores the way in which Hispanic American thinkers in Latin America and Latino/a philosophers in the United States have posed and thought about questions of race, ethnicity, and nationality, and how they have interpreted the most significant racial and ethnic labels used in Hispanic America in connection with issues of rights, nationalism, power, and identity. Following the first introductory chapter, each of the essays addresses one or more influential thinkers, ranging from Bartolomé de Las Casas on race and the rights of Amerindians; to Simón Bolívar's struggle with questions of how to forge a nation from disparate populations; to modern and contemporary thinkers on issues of race, unity, assimilation, and diversity. Each essay carefully and clearly presents the views of key authors in their historical and philosophical context and provides brief biographical sketches and reading lists, as aids to students and other readers. Forging People is an indispensable resource for anyone who works, teaches, or is interested in the thought, history, and social situation of Latin America and the views of Latinos residing in the United States.

The Companion to Hispanic Studies by Catherine Davies (Editor)
Call Number: CB226 .C66 2002b
ISBN: 9780340762981
Publication Date: 2002-08-08
What is "Hispanic Studies"? This companion gives a concise and accessible overview of the discipline as taught today and suggests new directions for future developments. "Hispanic Studies" is broadly concerned with the languages and cultures of the vast "Hispanic" world, extending chronologically from Roman Hispania to today, and geographically from California in the North to Patagonia in the South, and from Majorca in the East to the Andes in the West. This essential book provides all the necessary introductory information on the subject and will be especially useful for students who have already started courses in Spanish / Hispanic Studies, or who are considering doing so in the future. Written by a team of leading scholars each with established teaching experience this collection of short essays explores topics as diverse as the history of the Spanish language, Islamic Andalusia, race and class in the Spanish Golden Age, Catalan nationalism, the Madrid "movida," Latin America cinema, tango in Argentina, Evita Perón, "testimonio" and the cultural significance of the US-Mexican border.

Hispanics in the USA : Making History by Arnhilda Badía
Call Number: E184.S75 B335 2004
ISBN: 1594375712
Publication Date: 2004
Presents a history of Hispanics in the United States as well as short biographies of fourteen prominent Hispanics including author Alma Flor Ada, teacher Jaime Escalante, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, actor Edward James Olmos, and others

Améfrica in Letters by Jennifer Carolina Gómez Menjívar (Editor); Paulette Ramsay (Contribution by); Juan Guillermo Sánchez Martínez (Contribution by); Michael Handelsman (Contribution by); Gloria Chacón (Contribution by); Ángela Castro (Contribution by); Eliseo Jacob (Contribution by); Isis Barra Costa (Contribution by); Juan Eduardo Wolf (Contribution by); Diana Rodríguez Quevedo (Contribution by); Mamadou Badiane (Contribution by)
Call Number: PQ7081.7.B55 A59 2022
ISBN: 0826505147
Publication Date: 2022-11-15
Traditional histories of Black letters in Latin America have delimited their geographic scope to the Caribbean while also omitting intertwined Afro-Indigenous discourses. Inspired by the legacy of Amefrican thinker Lélia Gonzalez, Améfrica in Letters highlights the Black poets, songwriters, novelists, essayists, and bloggers who have created a counter-multiculturalist literary history on the Latin American mainland. To capture a sense of the variety of their contributions, this book spans Mexico, Central America, the Andes, and the Southern Cone--highlighting the transcontinental nature of the legacy of Black writing and its impact beyond national boundaries. The writers examined in the volume engage with regional intellectual frameworks while putting into circulation a demand for a recalibration of the Hispanophone and Lusophone contexts in which they and other Afrodescendants reside.