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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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