Latino Studies Research Guide

The encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history.

[v.] 1. 1492-Cuban missile crisis -- [v.] 2. Cuban revolution-Literature, gay and lesbian -- [v.] 3. Literature, Latin American-Race -- [v.] 4 Radio-Zorro.

v. 1. Abejenos - Chicano movement -- v. 2. Chicano Park - Flores Salinas, Juan -- v. 3. Florida - Lopez, Nancy -- v. 4. Lopez, Trinidad "Trini" - Pescado -- v. 5. Peyote - Spanish Americans -- v. 6. Spanish borderlands - Zeno Gandia, Manuel, Index

From the first Latinos'arrival in pre-Columbian America to the Alamo, santería, Desi Arnaz, the exodus from Castro's Cuba, and the 2006 immigration rallies, this volume illuminates a borad range of people and events in Latino history. Chronological entries organized by subject explore categories such as civil rights and protest, arts and music, literature, religion, economics, and legislation. Inclusive of all Latino subgroups, this accessible chronology is a current and concise reference source on the history of Latin Americans in the U.S., for students of Latino culture and American studies, past and present.-

[1] -- Literature and art / edited and introduced by Francisco Lomelí -- [2] -- History / edited and introduced by Alfredo Jimenez

Written for students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the vast landscape of Latino literature from the colonial era to the present. Aiming to be as broad and inclusive as possible, the encyclopedia covers all of native North American Latino literature as well as that created by authors originating in virtually every country of Spanish America and Spain.

v. 1. Introductory essays. Chicano and Chicana authors -- v. 2. Cuban and Cuban American authors. Dominican and other authors. Puerto Rican authors

Saddling la gringa : major themes in the works of Latina writers / Phillipa Kafka -- Chicana feminist criticism / Debra A. Castillo -- "What doesn't kill you, makes you fat" : the language of food in Latina literature / Jacqueline Zeff -- New ways of telling : Latinas' narratives of exile and return / Jacqueline Stefanko -- Gloria Anzaldúa's queer Mestisaje / Ian Barnard -- Sandra Cisneros : form over content / Ilan Starans -- Between the milkman and the fax machine : challenges to women writers in the Caribbean / Sherezada "Chiqui" Vicioso -- Attempting perfection : an interview with Judith Ortiz Cofer / Renee H. Shea -- I write these messages that come / María Irene Fornés -- And Frida looks back : the art of Latina/o queer heroics / Cherríe L. Moraga -- Conversations with Ilan Stavans / Esmeralda Santiago