Center for Hispanic Excellence: La Casa Latina Library
La Casa Latina has an extensive collection of books and documentaries that can be checked out by the Penn community.
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- Acuna, Rodolfo F. Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary L.A. Verso:
London, England, 1991. - Adams, Jerome R. Latin American Heroes: Liberatios And Patriots from 1500 to the
Present. Ballantine Books: New York, NY, 1991. - Adler, Judith. Mexican Lives. New York Press: New York, NY, 1994.
- Agosin, Marjorie and Hall, Nancy Abraham. A necklace of Words: Short Fiction by Mexican Women. White Pine Press: Fredonia, NY, 1969.
- Allende, Isabel. Of Love and Shadows. Bantam Books: New York, New York, 1987.
- Alvarez, Julia. In the Name of Salom�. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: New York,
New York, 2000. - Alvarez, Julia. Something to Declare. Plume: New York, New York, 1998.
- Alvarez, Julia. Something to Declare. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill: New York,
New York, 1998. - Ana-Lopez, Tiffany. Growing Up Chicana/o. Avon Books: New York, NY, 1993.
- Anzald�a, Gloria. Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Ed. Joan Pinkvoss.
Aunto Lute Books: San Francisco, California, 1999. - Augenbraum, Harold and Stavans, Ilan. Growing up Latino: Reflections on Life In the United States. Moughton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1993.
- Babin, Maria Teresa. Panorama de la Cultura Puertorrique�a. Las Americas Publishing
Co.: New York, New York, 1958. - Baker, Nancy L and Huling, Nancy. A Research Guide For Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature. Modern Language Association of America: New York, 2000.
- Ballesteros, Octavio A. and Ballesteros, Maria del Carmen. Mexicans Sayings: A Treasure Of A People. Eakin Press:Austin, Texas, 1992.
- Beezley, William H and Ewell, Judith. The Human Tradition In Modern Latin America. SR Books:Delaware, 1997.
- Beimler, Rosalinda Rosoff. The Days of the Dead/ Los Dias de Muertos. Pomergranate:
Rohnert Park, California, 1998. - Blakemore, Harold and Smith, Clifford T. Latin America: Second Edition Geographical Perspectives. Methuen: London, 1983.
- Bonilla, Frank and Melendez, Edwin and Morales, Rebexxa and Torres, Maria de los Angeles. Borderless Borders: US Latinos, Latin Americans and the Paradox of Interdependence. Temple University Press: Philadelphia, 1998. ( two copies)
- Borges, Jorge Luis. Obras Completas. Emece Editors: Brazil, 1989. (two copies)
- Boyd, Bill. Bolivar: Liberator of a Continent. S. P. I. Books: New York, New York,
1998. - Brentlinger, John. The Best of What We Are: Reflections on the Nicaraguan
Revolution. The University of Massachusetts Press: Amherst, Massachusetts, 1995. - Burciaga, Jos� Antonio. Drink Cultura: Chicanismo. Joshua Odell Editions: Santa
Barbara California, 1993. - Byrd, Bobby and Byrd, Susannah Mississippi. The Late Great Mexican Boarder. Cinco Punto Press: El Paso, Texas,1996.
- Camarillo, Albert. Chicanos In a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to
American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California, 1884-1930. Harvard
University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996. (2 copies) - Carreno, Antonio. Lupe De Vega, Poesia Selecta, Ediciones Catedra: South America:
Madrid, Spain1984. - Castillo, Ana. Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma. Plume/Penguin:
New York, New York, 1994. - Castillo, Ana. Massacre of the Dreamers. Plum Books: New York, NY 1989.
- Castillo, Ana. Peel My Love Like An Onion. Doubleday: New York, New York, 1999.
- Castillo, Ana. Sapogonia. Anchor Books: New York, New York, 1990.
- Castillo-Speed, Lillian. Latina: Women’s Voices From the Borderlands.Touchstone Publishing: New York, 1995.
- Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quijote. Ed. Diana de Armas Wilson. Norton Critical Editions:
New York, New York, 1999. - Ch�vez, Lydia. The Color Bind: California’s Battle to End Affirmative Action.
University of California Press: Berkeley, California, 1998. - Ch�vez, Denise. Loving Pedro Infante. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2001.
- Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. First Vintage Contemporaries:
New York New York, 1984. - Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek and other stories. Vintage Books: New York, 1991.
- Cofer, Judith Ortiz. The Latin Deli. W. W. Norton & Company Inc.: New York, New
York, 1993. (2 copies) - Conde M., Ivan. Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Exodus Of 14, 048 Children.
Routledge: New York, NY 1999. - Cordova, Teresa. Chicana Voices: Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, 1997.
- Corpi, Lucha. Mascaras. Third Woman Press: Berkeley, 1997.
- Cruz, Jose E. Identity and Power: Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity.
Temple University Press: Philadelphia, Pa, 1998. - Darder, Antonia and Torres, Rodolfo D. The Latino Studies Reader: Culture, Economy and Society. Blackwell Publishers: Oxford, 1998.
- Dario, Ruben. Prosas Profanas y Otros Poemas. Editorial Castalia: Madrid, Spain, 1987.
- Delgado, Richard and Stefancic, Jean. The Latino Condition. New York University Press: New York, 1998.
- De Jesus, Joy L. Growing Up Puerto Rican. Avon Books: New York, 1998.
- De Las Casas, Bartoleme. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. Penguin
Books: New York, NY, 1991. - De Le�n, Arnoldo. They Called The
m Greasers: Anglo Attitudes Toward Mexicans in
Texas, 1821-1900. University of Texas Press: Austin, Texas, 1983. - Descharnes, Robert. Dali. Henry A Abrahams Inc., Publishers: Japan, 1985.
- De Varona, Frank. Latino Literacy: The Complete Guide to Our Hispanic History and
Culture. Henry Holt and Company: New York, NY, 1996 - Espin, Olivia. Latina Realities: Essays on Healing, Migration and Sexuality. Western
Press:Boulder, Colorado, 1997 - Estupi��n Bass, Nelson. When the Guayacans Were In Bloom. Afro-Hispanic Institute:
Washington, D. C., 1987. - Esquivel, Laura. Like Water For Chocolate. Anchor Books: New York, New York,
1995. - Fenix, Ave. Isabel Allende: La Casa De Los Espiritos. Plaza I Janis Editores, Barcelona,
Espana,1982. - Ferguson, James. Dominican Republic: Beyond the Lighthouse. Latin American
Bureau: New York, New York, 1992. - Ferr�, Rosario. Eccentric Neighborhoods. Plume: New York, New York, 1998.
- Fox, Geoffrey. Hispanic Nation: Culture, Politics, and the Constructing of Identity. The
University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona, 1996. - Galarza, Ernesto. Barrio Boy. University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame, Indiana,
1971. - Galeano, Eduardo. Faces & Masks. W. W. Norton & Company: New York, New York,
1987.Galeano, Eduardo. We Say No. W. W. Norton & Company: New York, New York, 1992. - G�ndara, Patricia. Over the Ivy Walls. Ed. Christine E. Sleeter. State University of
NewYork Press: Albany, New York, 1995. (2 copies) - Garro, Elena. Two Novellas. Curbstone Press: Willimantic, Connecticut, 1997.
- Gass, William H. Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas. Basic Books: New York, NY,
1998. (2 Copies) - Gomm, Sara-Carr. Goya. Park Stone Press: London, England, 2000.
- Gonzalez, Juan. A History of Latinos in America: Harvest of Empire. Viking:
New York, New York, 2000. - Gonzalez, Ray. Touching the Fire: Fifteen Poets of Today’s Latino Renaissance. Anchor Books: New York, 1998.
- Gonzalez, Ray. Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront their Manhood. Anchor Books Doubleday: London, 1996. (two copies)
- Goetz, Delia and Morley, Sylvanus G. Popul Vuh: The Sacred Book Of Ancient Quiche Maya. University of Oklahoma Press, 1950.
- Guevara, Ernesto Che. Bolivian Diary. Pathfinder: New York, 1993.
- Guiterrez, Jose Angel. The Making Of A Chicano Militant: Lessons from Cristal. The
University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, Wisconsin, 1998. - Hijuelos, Oscar. Empress of the Splendid Season. Harper Flamingo: New York, New
York, 1999. - Hult, Christine A. Research and Writing in Social Sciences. Allyn and Bacon: Boston, 1996.
- Iturrondo, Milagros. Voces: Quisqueyanas en Borinquen. First Book Publishing: San
Juan, PR, 2000. - Jimenez de Wagenheim, Olga. Puerto Rico: A Interpretive History From Pre-Columbian
to 1900. Marcus Weiner-Publishers: Princeton, NJ, 1998. - Kajane, Liudmila. Great Painter Series: Diego Velasquez. Aurora Publishers:
Bournemouth, England, 1996. - Katz, Frederich. The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Stanford University Press:
Stanford, California, 1998. - Kees Kooningg and Durk Krujt. Society of Fear: The Legacy of Civil War Violence and
Terror in Latin America. Zed Books: New York, NY1999. - Kim, Sojin. Chicano Graffiti Murals: The Neighborhood Art of Peter Quezada.
University Press of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi, 1995. - L�pez, Jack. Cholos & Surfers: A Latino Family Album. Capra Press: Santa Barbara,
California, 1998. (2 copies). - Llosa, Mario Vargas, La Ciudad Y los Perros. Alfaguara: Santillana, SA. 1997.
- Llosa, Mario Vargas. The War of the End Of The World. Avon Publishers: New York, 1981.
- Maciel, David R. and Ortiz, Isidro D. and Herrera Sobek, Maria. Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 2000.
- Marcos, Subcomandante. The Story of Colors/ La HIstoria de los colores.
- Marnham, Patrick, Prolouge by De Andres, Amoros. Frederico Garcia Lorca: Antologia
Poetcia. Plaza and Janis Editores: Barcelona, Espana, 1998. - Marnham, Patrick. Dreaming With His Eyes Open: A life of Diego Rivera. University of California Press: Berkeley, 2000.
- M�rquez, Gabriel Garcia. Collected Stories. Perennial Classics: New York, New York,
1984. - M�rquez, Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude. Avon Books: NY, New York, 1971.
- Mart�nez-Fern�ndez, Luis. Fighting Slavery in the Caribbean: The Life and Times of a
British Family in Nineteenth-Century Havana. M. E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York, 1998. - Mart�nez, Manuel Luis. Crossing. Ed. Gary D. Keller. Bilingual Press/ Editorial
Bilingue: Tempe, Arizona, 1998. (11 copies) - Mart�nez, Tom�s Eloy. Santa Evita. Vintage Books: New York, New York, 1996.
- Mart�nez, Tom�s Eloy. The Peron Novel. Pantheon Books: New York, New York,
1988. - Martinez, Valerie. Absence Luminescent. Four Way Book. Marshfield, Ma, 1999.
- Mathiessen, Peter. Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can) Cesar Chavez and the New
American Revolution. University of California Press: Berkley and Los Angeles,
California, 2000. - Matos, Luis Pales,Translated With An Introduction By Julio Marzan. Selected
Poems/Poesia Selecta. Arte Publico Press: Houston, Texas, 2000. - Matt S Meir and Feliciano Ribera. Mexican Americans/ American Mexicans. Hill and
Wang: New York, NY, 1999. - Montalban, Manuel Vazquez. Marcos: El Senor de los espejos. Aguilar:1999.
- Montejano, David. Chicano Politics and Society in the Late Twentieth Century. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1999.
- Mora, Pat. House of Houses. Beacon Press: Boston, Massachusetts, 1997.
- Moraga, Cherr�e. Loving in the War Years. South End Press: Cambridge,
Massachusetts, 1983. - Neuman, Nancy M. A voice of our own: Leading American Women celebrate the right to vote. Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Fransisco, 1996.
- Neuman, NancyM. True to Ourselves: A celebration of Women Making a Difference. Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Fransisco, 1998.
- Noriega, Chon A and Lopez, Ana M. The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts. University of Minnesota Press: Minneapolis, 1996. (two copies)
- Padilla, Rebecca. Mami Amor’s Little Stories. Libros: Long Beach, New York, 2000.
- Pardo, Mary S. Mexican American Women Activists: Identity and Resistance in Two Los Angeles Communities. Temple University: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998.
- Paz, Octavio. One Earth, Four or Five Worlds: Reflection on Contemporary History. Harcourt, Brace Jonanovich Publishers: San Diego, 1986.
- Paz, Octavio. Lo Mejor de Octavio Paz: El Fuego de Cada Dia. Seix Barral: Spain, 1988.
- Pena, Devon G. Chicano Culture, Ecology, Politics. University of Arizona Press: Tucson, 1999.
- Perez Jr., Luis A. On Becoming Cuban- Identity, Nationality, and Culture. Eco Press:
New York, NY, 1999. - Pike, Frederick B. The United States and Latin America: Myths and Stereotypes of
Civilization and Nature. University of Texas Press: Austin, Texas,1992. - Pi�eiro de Rivera, Flor. Arthur A. Schomburg: A Puerto Rican’s Quest for His Black
Heritage. Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe: San Juan,
Puerto Rico, 1989. - Prescott, William H. The History and Conquest of Mexico and Peru. Cooper Square Press: New York, 2000.
- Richardson III, James B. People of the Andes. Ed.
Jeremy A. Sabloff. Smithsonian Books: Washington, D. C., 1987. - Rodriguez, Richard. Days of Obligation. Penguin Books: New York, New York, 1992.
(2 copies) - Rodriguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez. Bantam
Books: New York, New York, 1982. (2 copies). - Rulfo, Juan. The Burning Plain and Other Stories. University of Texas Press: Austin,
Texas, 1969. - Sandison, David. Che Guevera. Reed International Books Limited: New York, NY,
1997. - Stephen, Lynn. Woman and Social Movements in Latin America: Power From Below.
University of Texas Press: Austin, Texas, 1997. - Santiago, Esmeralda. Almost A Woman. Perseus Books: Reading, Massachusetts,
1998. - Santiago, Esmeralda. Almost A Woman. Vintage Books: New, York, New York, 1998.
- Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican. Vintage Books: New York, New
York, 1993. - Santos, John Phillip. Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation. Viking: New York, New York, 1999. (2 copies).
- Sheahan, John. Patterns of Development in Latin America: Poverty, Repression, and
Economic Strategy. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey, 1987. - Silverberg, Robert. Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations. Bantam Pathfinder Editors: New York, 1963.
- Simon, Martin and Nikolai, Grube. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. Thames
and Hudson: New York, NY, 2000. - Spence, Lewis, The Myths of Mexico and Peru. Dover Publications:New York 1994.
- Stavans, Ilan. The Essential. Routledge: New York, 2000.
- Stavans, Ilan. The Hispanic Condition. Harper Perennial: New York, New York, 1995. (2 copies)
- Stavans, Ilan with Illustrations by Lalo Alcarez. Latino USA: A Cartoon History Basic
Books, New York, NY, 2000. - Stavans, Ilan. The Riddle of Cantinflas. University of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998. (2 copies)
- Suarez- Orozco, Marcelo. Crossings: Mexican Immigration and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Harvard University: Cambridge, 1998.
- Suro, Roberto. Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America. Vintage
Books: New York, New York, 1998. - Thomas, Piri. Down These Mean Streets. Vintage Books: New York, New York, 1997.
- Torres, Andres and Velasquez, Jose E. The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices From the Diaspora. Temple University Press: Philadelphia, 1998.
- Trueba, Enrique. Latinos Unidos, From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity.
Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: Latham, Maryland, 1999. - Trujillo, Carla. Living Chicana Theory. Third Woman Press: Berkeley, 1998.
- Tutino, John. From Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico: Social Bases of Agrarian
Violence, 1750 – 1940. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey,
1986. - Urrea, Luis Alberto. Nobody’s Son. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona,
1998. - Velez, Diana L. Reclaiming Medusa: Short Stories by Contemporary Puerto Rican Women. Aunt Lute Books: San Fransisco, 1988.
- V�lez-Ib��ez, Carlos G. Border Visions: Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United
States. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona, 1996. - Villase�or, Victor. Macho! Delta Trade Paperbacks: New York, New York, 1991.
- Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang. Maya Explorer: John Lloyd Stephens and the Lost Cities
of Central America and Yucat�n. Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 1975. - Wagenheim, Kal and Jimenez de Wagenheim, Olga. The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History. Markus Weiner Publishers: Princeton, 1999.
- Whalen, Carmen Teresa. From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia. Temple University Press:
Philadelphia, PA 2001. - Womack Jr., John. Rebellion in Chiapas: An Historical Reader. The New York Press:
New York, NY, 1999. - Womack Jr., John. Zapata and the Mexican Revolution. Vintage Books: New York, NY, 1968.
- Wood, Michael. Conquistadores. University of California Press: Berkley and Los Angeles, 2000.
- Wucker, Michelle, Why the Cocks Fight, Dominicans, Hatians and the struggle for Hispanola. Hill and Wang: New York, NY, 1999.
- Zambrana, Ruth E. Understanding Latino Families: Scholarship, Policy and Practice. Sage Publications: Thousand Oacks, 1995.
Video Library:
- A Place Called Chiapas
- All About My Mother
- American Me
- Blood In-Blood Out
- Born In East L.A.
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Desperado
- El Mariachi
- Evita
- Guantanamera
- I Like It Like That
- La Bamba
- La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead
- Latino Influence On The United States
- Legacy of Lake Atitlan
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Los Santos Reyes Magos
- Mayan Cofrad�a Fiesta
- Mi Familia / My Family
- Mi Vida Loca / My Crazy Life
- Portrait of an Artist: Frida Khalo
- Portrait of an Artist: The Frescoes of Diego Rivera
- Puerto Rico: History and Culture
- Salt of the Earth
- Selena
- Stand and Deliver
- Strawberry & Chocolate
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Video Collection: Cesar Chavez
- The Mambo Kings
- The Official Story
- Tortilla Flat
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Zoo Suit
Audio Cassettes:
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Compact Discs:
- El Espiritu de un Pueblo
- Somos un Solo Pueblo
- Un Pueblo Que Canta