Recent Acquisitions in the

Cesar E. Chavez Collection

Fall  2001

 

 

Subjects in this issue:

 

Art                                                                   Medicine/Folk Music

Biography                                                      Minnesota     

Education                                                      Museums      

Gangs                                                            Performing Arts/Television 

Gay/Lesbian                                      Religion         

Fiction                                                            Social Life & Customs

Identity                                                           Treaties

Indiana                                                           War (Vietnam)

Information Technology                               Women

Language                                         

Literature

Fiction/Detective Mysteries

Fiction/Novels

Poetry

Teaching Guides                 

 

Please remember to consult MAGIC for the call numbers to each title.

 

Arts

Montaño, Mary Caroline. Tradiciones nuevomexicanas: Hispano arts and culture of New Mexico. 1st ed. Albuquerque: the University of New Mexico Press, 2001.

Arts, American New Mexico.

 

Biography

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. A place to stand: the making of a poet. New York: Grove Press, c2001.            

 Biographical work by a much published poet and author.

Ex-convicts -- United States -- Biography. 

 

García, Freddie, and Ninfa García. Outcry in the barrio. San Antonio, Tex.: F. García Ministries, 1988.

Christian converts United States Biography.

Church work with narcotic addicts.

Gangs

King, Marianna. “Accounting for Chicano gangs.”  1979.

Thesis (M. A.)--California State University, Fullerton,

 

Gay/Lesbian

Nava, Michael. Rag and bone. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.

The continuing saga of the protagonist attorney Henry Rios,

 

Identity

Valenzuela Arce, José Manuel. El color de las sombras : Chicanos, identidad y racismo. 1. Ed. México, D.F.: Colegio de la Frontera Norte: Universidad Iberoamericana: Plaza y Valdes Editores, 1998.

Mexican Americans Ethnic identity.

Racism United States.

 

Indiana

Leininger, Julie. Chicanos in South Bend: some historical narratives. [South Bend, Ind.?]: Centro de Estudios Chicanos e Investigaciones Sociales, 1976.

Mexican Americans Indiana South Bend.

 

Information Technology

Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Buying into the computer age: a look at the Hispanic middle class. Claremont, CA; Austin, TX: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, 1997.

Computers Purchasing United States.

Hispanic American consumers United States.

Middle class United States.

 

Wilhelm, Anthony G., and Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Closing the digital divide: enhancing Hispanic participation in the information age. Claremont, CA: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, 1998.

Information technology Social aspects United States.

Information technology Government policy United States.

Hispanic Americans Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans Economic conditions

 

Language

Metcalf, Allan A., ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics. and Center for Applied Linguistics. Chicano English. Language in education; 21. Arlington, VA: Center for Applied Linguistics, 1979.

English language Dialects Southwestern States.

 

Penfield, Joyce, and Jacob Ornstein-Galicia. Chicano English: an ethnic contact dialect. Varieties of English around the world, General series; v. 7. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia: J. Benjamins Publishing Company, 1985.

English language Dialects Southwestern States.

Bilinguals-- Southwestern States.

 

Literature--Fiction/Detective Mysteries

Ulmer, Mari Privette. Midnight at the Camposanto: a Taos festival mystery. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000.

Detective and mystery stories, American.

Detective and mystery stories

 

Nava, Michael. Rag and bone. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.

Protagonist attorney Henry Rio is on the case,

Gay men Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Legal stories.

 

Stork, Francisco X. The way of the jaguar. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2000.

Stork was the prize recipient in the 1999 Chicano/Latino Literary Contest.  The character is Ismael Diaz a former attorney on Death row in a Texas prison.

 

Literature--Fiction/Novels

Alcalá, Kathleen. Treasures in heaven: a novel. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000.

Mothers and sons Fiction.

Feminists Fiction.

Historical fiction.

 

Avendaño, Fausto. Salazar's gold: (Californio historical short fiction). Colección Literatura hispana de los Estados Unidos. Sacramento, Calif.: Spanish Press, 2000.

California History 1846-1850 Fiction.

 

Bragado Bretaña, Reinaldo. La noche vigilada. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press, 1999.

 

Chacón, Daniel. Chicano chicanery: short stories. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, 2000.

United States Social life and customs 20th century Fiction.

Mexican Americans Fiction.

 

Chávez, Denise. Loving Pedro Infante: a novel. 1st Ed. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001.

Mexican American women Fiction.

Infante, Pedro, 1917-1957 Appreciation

Motion picture actors and actresses Fiction.

Man-woman relationships Fiction.

 

Garcia, Lionel G. The day they took my uncle, and other stories. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2001.

Texas, South Social life and customs Fiction.

Hispanic Americans Fiction.

 

Kress, Dave. Counting zero. 1st ed. DuBois, PA: Mammoth books, 1999.

Mexican Americans Fiction.

 

Lopez, Erika. Hoochie mama: la otra carne blanca. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction.

Women motorcyclists Fiction.

Gentrification Fiction.

Neighborhood Fiction.

Humorous stories.

 

Marquez, Daniel Kilgore. Short stories of Rancho Boca de Santa Monica. 1st Ed. New York: Vantage Press, 1977.

Rancho Boca de Santa Monica (Calif.)

Marquez family.

Ranch life California.

 

Medina, C. C. A little love. New York: Warner Books, 2000.

Hispanic American women Fiction.

Female friendship Fiction.

Miami (Fla.) Fiction.

Love stories. Muñoz, Elías Miguel. Ladrón de la mente. The storyteller's series. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Spanish language Readers.

Spanish language Reading books.

 

Muñoz, Elías Miguel. Isla de luz. The storyteller's series. Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Spanish language Readers.

 

O'Shea, Elena Zamora, Andrés Tijerina, and Leticia Garza-Falcón. El mesquite: a story of the early Spanish settlements between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, as told by "la posta del Palo Alto". Rio Grande/Río Bravo; no. 4. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000.

Spanish Americans Fiction.

Pioneers Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life Fiction.

Ethnic relations Fiction.

Texas, South Fiction.

Historical fiction

 

Literature--Poetry

Alberti, Rafael. Poemas del destierro y de la espera: (antología). Selecciones Austral; 20. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1976.

 

Alvarez, Julia. Homecoming: new and collected poems. New York: Plume, 1996.

 

Arteaga, Alfred. Red. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2000.

 

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. Healing earthquakes: a love story in poems. 1st Ed. New York: Grove Press, 2001.

Love poetry,

 

Baca, Jimmy Santiago. Set this book on fire. 1st ed. Mena, Arkansas: Cedar Hill Publications, 1999.

 

Castillo, Ana. I ask the impossible: poems. 1st Anchor Books Ed. New York: Anchor Books, 2001.

Mexican American women Poetry.

 

Castro, Angel A. Poemas del destierro (poesía de Cuba en el exilio). Zaragoza,[New York,: Cometa; distributed by Lectorum Corp, 1971.

 

Cortez, Carlos. Where are the voices? & other Wobbly poems. Poets of revolt series; no. 4. 1st ed. Chicago, IL: C.H. Kerr Pub. Co., 1997.

Cortez is a poet, author and artist born in Milwaukee in 1923. A member of the IWW, he was jailed in 1945 as a conscientious objector.  His illustrations accompany his poems in this work.

 

Cortez, Sarah. How to undress a cop: poems. Houston, TX. Arte Público Press, 2000.

Former policewoman authored this title.

 

Flores, Fernando Esteban. Ragged borders: poems. San Antonio, TX: Hijo del Sol Publications, 1996.

Garcia, Albert. Rainshadow: poems. 1st ed. Providence: Copper Beech Press, 1996.

 

Maciel, Olivia. Shards of light = Astillas de luz. Chicago, IL: Tia Chucha Press: Distributed by Northwestern University Press, 1998.

Bilingual anthology of poems.

 

Martínez, Valerie. Absence, luminescent. Marshfield, MA: Four Way Books, 1999.

 

Perdomo, Willie. Where a nickel costs a dime. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.

New York Puerto Ricans Poetry.

Poems from one of the new voices of New York's Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In Dreaming, I Was Only Dreaming, he writes: "My history professor / has a bad habit / of looking at me when / discussing slavery /.../ Professor / why do you / keep looking at me / when you / discuss slavery? / Last I heard / I was free." in.)

 

Pollentier, Nicole. Smolt. Poesía tejana. San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 1998.

 

Pursifull, Carmen M. Manhattan memories: a chapbook to accompany v. 5, n. 2, 1989 of Notebook/cuarderno. Barstow, CA: Esoterica Press, 1989.

American poetry 20th century.

American poetry Women authors.

 

Saenz, Gil. Poems of life : poems written in English and Spanish in a bilingual format. 1st ed. Beverly Hills, CA: Laredo Pub. 2001.

 

Literature--Teaching Guides

Baeza, Abelardo, and Rudolfo A. Anaya. Keep blessing us, Ultima: a teaching guide for Bless me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. 1st ed. Austin: Eakin Press, 1997.

Mexican Americans in literature.

New Mexico In literature.

 

Medicine/Folk Medicine

DeStefano, Anthony M. Latino folk medicine: healing herbal remedies from ancient traditions. New York: Ballantine Books, 2001.

Herbs Therapeutic use.

Traditional medicine.

Medicine, Traditional.

 

Espín, Oliva M. Latina healers: lives of power and tradition. Encino, CA: Floricanto Press, 1996.

Mental Healing interviews.

Anthropology, Cultural.

Women healers.

Healers.

Hispanic American women Psychology.

Medical anthropology.

 

Minnesota

Minnesota. Spanish Speaking Affairs Council. Minnesota's Hispanic community: a profile. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Spanish Speaking Affairs Council l, 1989.

Hispanic Americans Minnesota.

 

Museums

Ríos-Bustamante, Antonio José, and University of Arizona. Mexican American Studies and Research Center. Latinos and Native Americans in the museum: the national survey and directory of historical and art museum professional personnel. [Tucson]: Mexican American Studies & Research Center University of Arizona, 1996.

Museum Management. Employees,

 

Music

Musica de la raza Mexican & Chicano music in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1999.

 

Tejeda, Juan, and Avelardo Valdez. Puro conjunto: an album in words and pictures: writings, posters and photographs from the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, 1982-1998. Colección cultura. 1st ed. [Austin, TX]

San Antonio, TX: CMAS Books;

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 2001.

Conjunto music History and criticism.

Mexican Americans Music History and criticism.

Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio.

 

Villarino, José. Mexican and Chicano music. College custom series. 2nd Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., 1999.

Music Mexico History and criticism.

Mariachi History and criticism.

Mexican Americans Music History and criticism.

Folk music Mexico.

 

 

Performing Arts/Television

Arrizón, Alicia, and Lillian Manzor. Latinas on stage. Series in Chicana/Latina studies. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 2000.

American drama Hispanic American Women authors History and criticism.

Performance art United States.

Hispanic American women Drama.

American drama Women authors.

 

DeSipio, Louis, Joy Hofer, and Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Talking back to television: Latinos discuss how television portrays them and the quality of programming options. Claremont, CA: TRPI c1998.

Hispanic Americans on television.

 

Huerta, Jorge A., and Teatro de la Esperanza. El Teatro de la Esperanza; an anthology of Chicano drama. [Goleta, Calif.]: El Teatro de la Esperanza, 1973.

American drama Mexican American authors.

American drama 20th century.

 

Huerta, Jorge A. Chicano drama: performance, society, and myth. Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama; 12. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

American drama Mexican American authors History and criticism.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Myth in literature.

 

Najera, Rick. Rick Najera: a one man force, 1995.

Najera, Rick.

Biographical sketch, sample monologues ("Bufford Gomez"), and reproductions of three press clippings.

 

López, Josefina. Simply Maria, or, The American dream: a one-act play. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Pub. 1996.

Mexican American women Drama.

Mexican American families Drama.

 

López, Josefina. Confessions--: a one-woman show. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Pub. 1997.

Hispanic American women Drama

 

Police

Becker, William, et al. Community policing: successful partnerships in the prevention of crime in Latino communities. Claremont, CA; Austin, TX: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, 1998.

Community policing California.

Hispanic American neighborhoods California.

Police-community relations California.

Crime prevention California.

 

Politics and Government

Public Agenda Foundation. and Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. Here to stay: the domestic and international priorities of Latino leaders. Claremont, CA: The Institute, 1998.

Hispanic American civic leaders Attitudes.

Public opinion United States Statistics.

Hispanic Americans Politics and government.

 

Religion

García, Freddie, and Ninfa García. Outcry in the barrio. San Antonio, Tex.: F. García Ministries, 1988.

García, Freddie.

García, Ninfa.

Christian converts United States Biography.

Church work with narcotic addicts.

 

Matovina, Timothy M., and Gerald Eugene Poyo. Presente! : U.S. Latino Catholics from colonial origins to the present. American Catholic identities. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2000.

Hispanic American Catholics History Sources.

Catholic Church United States History

 

Espín, Orlando, and Miguel H. Díaz. From the heart of our people: Latino/a explorations in Catholic systematic theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.

Hispanic American theology.

Catholic Church Doctrines.

 

Social Life and Customs

Bautista, Edna R. Viva el amor: a Latino wedding planner. Palmer Lake, Colo.: Filter Press, 2000.

Planning and etiquette guide for weddings and quinceû.eras; includes Latino Marriage customs and rites.

 

Parsons, Jack, Carmella Padilla, and Juan Estevan Arellano. Low 'n slow: lowriding in New Mexico. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1999.

Mexican Americans New Mexico Social life and customs Pictorial works.

Lowriders New Mexico Pictorial works.

New Mexico Social life and customs Pictorial works.

 

Treaties

Romo, Ricardo, and Tomás Rivera Center. The Free Trade Agreement--Mexican American perspectives: A Tomás Rivera Center seminar. Claremont, Calif.: The Center.

United States Foreign economic relations Mexico.

Mexico Foreign economic relations United States.

Free trade United States.

Free trade Mexico

 

War

Munguía M, Francisco Javier. Un mexicano en Vietnam. Colección Literatura contemporánea. México: Harla, 1986.

Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 Fiction.

 

Women

Aranda-Alvarado, Belén. Latina beauty: a get-gorgeous guide for every mujer. 1st Ed. New York: Hyperion, 2000.

Beauty, Personal. Hispanic American women.

Face Care and hygiene.

Cosmetics.

 

Arrizón, Alicia, and Lillian Manzor. Latinas on stage. Series in Chicana/Latina studies. Berkeley, CA: Third Woman Press, 2000.

American drama Hispanic American authors History and criticism.

American drama Women authors History and criticism.

American drama Hispanic American authors.

Hispanic American women in literature.

Performance art United States.

Hispanic American women Drama.

American drama Women authors.

 

Colón, Alice, Margarita Mergal, and Nilsa Torres. Participación de la mujer en la historia de Puerto Rico: las primeras décadas del siglo veinte. [New Brunswick, NJ]: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey Campus at New Brunswick, 1986.

Women Puerto Rico History.

Feminism Puerto Rico History.

Puerto Rico History 1898-1952.

Women Suffrage Puerto Rico.

Women in politics Puerto Rico.

 

Lim, Shirley, María Herrera-Sobek, and Genaro M. Padilla. Power, race, and gender in academe: strangers in the tower? New York: Modern Language Association, 2000.

Minority Women college teachers in higher education in the United States.

Their selection and appointment and discrimination in higher education.

 

López, Antoinette Sedillo. Latina issues: fragments of historia(ella) (herstory). New York: Garland Publishing. 1999.

Hispanic American women History.

Hispanic American women.

 

Lopez, Erika. Hoochie mama: la otra carne blanca. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction.

Women motorcyclists Fiction.

Gentrification Fiction.

Neighborhood Fiction.

Humorous stories.

 

Pursifull, Carmen M. Manhattan memories: a chapbook to accompany v. 5, n. 2, 1989 of Notebook/cuarderno. Barstow, CA: Esoterica Press, 1989.

American poetry 20th century.

American poetry Women authors.

 

Rebolledo, Tey Diana, María Teresa Márquez, and United States. Work Projects Administration (NM). Women's tales from the New Mexico WPA: la diabla a pie. Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage. Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, 2000.

Mexican American women in New Mexico interviewed and discussing social life and customs, anecdotes, folklore, tales, etc.

 

University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras Campus). Social Science Research Center. and Proyecto de Estudios Sociales e Hisoria: Presencia de la mujer. Yo misma fui mi ruta: la mujer en la historia y la cultura de Puerto Rico. 2a. Ed. Rio Piedras, P.R.: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1983.

Women Puerto Rico History.

Women Puerto Rico Social conditions.

Social sciences Study and teaching (Elementary) Puerto Rico.