Recent
Acquisitions in the
Cesar
E. Chavez Collection
Summer
2001
Subjects in this issue:
Art Literature
Biography Literature-History
and Criticism
Culture and Identity Poetry
Education Religion
Fiction Social
Conditions
Gangs Student
Activism
Gay/Lesbian Treaties
Labor Vieques
Language War
(Korea; Vietnam)
Women
Please remember to consult
MAGIC for the call numbers to each title.
Art
Dash, Robert C. Mesoamerican
and Chicano art, culture and identity = El arte, la cultura, y la identidad
mesoamericana y chicana. Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts.
Supplemental series, 6. Salem, Or. Willamette University, 1994.
Eckmann, Teresa. Chicano
artists and neo-Mexicanists: (de) constructions of national identity.
Research paper series / University of New Mexico, Latin American Institute; no.
36. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Latin American Institute, 2000.
Our Lady of Guadalupe in
Art. Attitudes of artists in the United States and Mexico.
Biography
Estrada, Santiago C. A
cry of hope: spiritual reality therapy. Laguna Beach, CA: Salsa
Books.
Biography of psychologist
Santiago C. Estrada, an alcoholism counselor in
Orange County California.
Kreneck, Thomas H. Mexican
American odyssey: Felix Tijerina, entrepreneur & civic leader, 1905-1965.
University of Houston series in Mexican American studies; no. 2. 1st ed.
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001.
Biography of Felix Tijerina
(1905-1965) a LULAC official in Houston.
Mexican Americans Texas
Houston Biography.
Littwin, Mike. Fernando!
: (In English and Spanish). New York: Bantam, 1981.
Valenzuela, Fernando,
Mexican baseball player
Fernando Valenzuela, former pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers.
Matthiessen, Peter. Sal
si puedes; Cesar Chavez and the new American Revolution. New York,
Random House, 1969. (Rev. Ed.)
Biography of labor union
president Cesar Chavez.
McGregor, Ann, Cindy Wathen,
and George Elfie Ballis. Remembering Cesar: the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
Clovis, CA: Quill Driver Books, 2000.
Pictorial work on Chavez and
the UFW history of strikes and lockouts.
Ortiz Cofer, Judith, and
Elena Olazagasti-Segovia. Bailando en silencio: escenas de una niñez
puertorriqueña. Houston, Tex.: Piñata Books, 1997.
A collection of writings by
the poet, novelist, and essayist recalling her childhood spent shuttling
between the land of her birth and the family's home in New Jersey.
Culture &
Identity
Contreras, Sheila Marie.
“Blood lines: modernism, indigenismo and the construction of Chicana/o
identity." 1998.
Ph.D. dissertation. Also
available as digital version at http://www.lib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main
Dash, Robert C. Mesoamerican
and Chicano art, culture and identity = El arte, la cultura, y la identidad
mesoamericana y chicana. Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts.
Supplemental series, 6. Salem, OR: Willamette University, 1994.
López, Antoinette Sedillo. Historical
themes and identity: mestizaje and labels. Latinos in the United
States; v. 1. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.
Ramírez, Axel, and
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Chicanos, el orgullo de ser:
memoria del encuentro Chicano México 1990. 1. Ed. México:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1992.
Education
Maldonado, Carlos S. Colegio
Cesar Chavez, 1973-1983: a Chicano struggle for educational self-determination.
Latino communities. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
History of the Colegio Cesar
Chavez in Mount Angel, Oregon.
Reyes, Jorge D.
“Acculturation and academic achievement among Mexican American students.” 1990.
Masters Thesis (MS),
California State University, Long Beach,
San Miguel, Guadalupe. Brown,
not white school integration and the Chicano movement in Houston.
University of Houston series in Mexican American studies; no. 3. 1st ed.
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001.
Mexican Americans Texas
Houston Social conditions 20th century.
School integration and
discrimination in education in Houston, Texas.
Fiction
Duarte, Stella Pope. Fragile
night. Tempe, Ariz.: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 1997.
Fifteen stories on the joys
and sorrows of being a Hispanic woman. The stories make the point that unlike
the Anglo woman, a Hispanic woman is expected to put up with male infidelity
and violence as part of her femininity.
González, José Luis. Ballad
of another time. Tulsa, OK,
Austin, Tex.: Council Oak
Books/Hecate with the University of Tulsa;
Distributed by Texas Monthly
Press, 1987.
Lopez, Erika. They
call me Mad Dog! : a story for bitter, lonely people. New York:
Simon & Schuster Editions, 1998.
Adventure story of bisexual,
motorcycling women prisoners. (…And who says we can't do two things at once!!)
López, Jack. Snapping
lines: stories. Camino del sol. Tucson: University of Arizona
Press, 2001.
Hispanic American men
Fiction.
Rodríguez Solís, Eduardo. Cógele
bien el compás. Textos de difusión cultural. Serie Rayuela. 1. Ed.
México: Coordinación de Difusión Cultural Dirección de Literatura/UNAM, 1991.
Novel in Spanish.
Taylor, Sheila Ortiz. Slow
dancing at Miss Polly's. 1st ed. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad Press,
1989.
Lesbians Fiction.
Wishnia, K. J. A. The
glass factory: a Filomena Buscarsela mystery. New York: Dutton,
2000.
Policewoman, Filomena
Buscarsela in another detective mystery about corrupt practices and hazardous
waste in a glass factory in New York State. (Another title in this series that
is on order is "Soft Money")
Gangs
Hunt, Matthew Busby. “The
sociolinguistics of tagging and Chicano gang graffiti.” 1996.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Southern California,
Mendoza-Denton, Norma
Catalina. “Chicana/Mexicana identity and linguistic variation: an ethnographic
and sociolinguistic study of gang affiliation in an urban high school.” , 1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford
University,
Gay/Lesbian
Esquibel, Catrióna Rueda.
“Chicana lesbian fictions: ambivalence, erotics, and authenticity." 1999.
Masters Thesis, University
of California-Santa Cruz; Mexican American women in literature; lesbian
fiction.
Garcia, Bernardo. The
development of a Latino gay identity. Latino communities. New York:
Garland Publishing, 1998.
On Latino gay psychology;
Ethnic identity.
Gil-Gomez, Ellen M. Performing
la mestiza: textual representations of lesbians of color and the negotiation of
identities. Literary criticism and cultural theory. New York:
Garland Publishing, 2000.
Lesbians' writings; Feminism
and literature Identity (Psychology) in literature. Lesbians in literature.
Race in literature.
Lopez, Erika. They
call me Mad Dog! : A story for bitter, lonely people. New York:
Simon & Schuster Editions, 1998.
Adventure story of bisexual,
motorcycling women prisoners
Taylor, Sheila Ortiz. Slow
dancing at Miss Polly's. 1st ed. Tallahassee, Fla.: Naiad Press,
1989.
Labor
Madrazo, Carlos. El
destino manifiesto: visión del proceso chicano. 1a ed. [México,
D.F.: Editorial Linatti, 1982.
Alien labor (Mexicans in the
United States).
Matthiessen, Peter. Sal
si puedes; Cesar Chavez and the new American Revolution. New York,
Random House, 1969.
Biography of labor union
president Cesar Chavez.
McGregor, Ann, Cindy Wathen,
and George Elfie Ballis. Remembering Cesar: the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
Clovis, Calif.: Quill Driver Books, 2000.
Pictorial work on Chavez and
UFW history of strikes and lockouts.
Language
Mendoza-Denton, Norma
Catalina. “Chicana/Mexicana identity and linguistic variation: an ethnographic
and sociolinguistic study of gang affiliation in an urban high school."
1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford
University.
Literature
Rodriguez, Ralph Edward.
“Chicana and Chicano fiction into the nineties: genre and contestation."
1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Texas at Austin.
Silén, Iván. El
llanto de las ninfómanas = The wail of the nymphomaniacs. [Puerto
Rico]: Editorial El Libro Viaje, 1982.
Novel.
Literature - History
and Criticism
Barrera, José Joaquín. “From
Cabeza de Vaca to Oscar Zeta Acosta: Chicano literature as mission in the
American wilderness.” , 1996.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Texas-Austin.
Brady, Mary Patricia.
“Extinct lands, scarred bodies: Chicana literature and the reinvention of
space.” 1996.
Ph.D. Thesis, UCLA, Mexican American [women] authors History and
criticism.
Contreras, Sheila Marie.
“Blood lines: modernism, indigenismo and the construction of Chicana/o
identity.” 1998.
Ph.D. dissertation. Also
available as digital version at http://www.lib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main
Kafka, Phillipa. (Out)classed
women: contemporary Chicana writers on inequitable gendered power relations.
Contributions in women's studies, no. 184. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Mexican American [women]
authors-- History and criticism.
Somoza, Oscar U. Narrativa
chicana contemporánea: principios fundamentales. Colección
Clepsidra Americana; 3. Estudio Crítico. México, D.F.: Signos, 1983.
Mexican American literature
(Spanish) History and criticism.
Literature-
Non-fiction
Martínez C, Hector. Yo
chicano. México: B. Costa-Amic, 1976.
Mexicans United States.
A look at Chicanos and
Mexicans in the US from 1819 through the mid- 1970's through the eyes of a
Mexican journalist. In Spanish.
Alfau, Felipe. Locos:
a comedy of gestures. 1st paperback ed. Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive
Press, 1997.
Poetry
Acosta, Teresa Palomo. Passing
time: poems. [Austin, TX?:s.n.], 1984.
Guerrero, Miguel. Reflections
of a little brown boy. Stockton, CA [Miguel Guerrero], 1977.
Author's first book of poems
and short stories through the eyes of a young boy.
Hatch, Sheila Sanchez. Strong
box heart. San Antonio, TX: Wings Press, 2000.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Giraffe
on fire. Camino del Sol. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2001.
Hernandez, David. Rooftop
piper. Chicago, IL
Oak Park, IL: Tia Chucha
Press; distributed by International Literary Publishers, 1991.
Poetry and short stories by
this Chicago author.
Melendez, Jesus Papoleto. Have
you seen liberation. [New York]: Jesus Papoleto Melendez, 1971.
Morro, Henry J. Corpses
of angels: poems. Los Angeles: Bombshelter Press, 2000.
Pérez, A. M. Halcyon
poems. 1st ed. Middleton, WI: Red Oak Publishers, 1985.
Ruiz, Reynaldo. Hispanic
poetry in Los Angeles, 1850-1900 = La poesía angelina. Hispanic
literature; v. 56. Lewiston, New York: E. Mellen Press, 2000.
Tafolla, Carmen. Sonnets
and salsa. San Antonio, Tejas: Wings Press, 2001.
Villanueva, Tino. Primera
causa = First cause. Cross-cultural review chapbook, 14. Latin
American (Chicano) poetry; 2. 1st ed. Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural
Communications, 1999.
Bilingual.
Webb, J. F., and Border
Voices Poetry Project. Border voices 4: an anthology by major poets
and San Diego students. San Diego, Calif.: San Diego Writers'
Monthly, 1997.
San Diego (CA) Poets and
poetry.
Religion
Dónde estaba Dios en
Vietnam: sobrevivientes contestan. Guaynabo, P.R.:
Vázquez-Bruno Pub. 1994.
Personal narratives of
Puerto Rican soldiers in Vietnam
Elizondo, Virgilio P. Guadalupe,
mother of the new creation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997.
Our Lady of Guadalupe;
Mestizaje-- Religious aspects of Christianity.
Quiñones López, César R.,
Beatriz de Oliveras, and Ernesto Quidgley. Dónde estaba Dios en
Vietnam: sobrevivientes contestan. Guaynabo, P.R.: Vázquez-Bruno
Pub. 1994.
Personal narratives of
Puerto Rican soldiers in Vietnam; Religious aspects.
León, Luis D. “Religious
movement in the United States - Mexico borderlands: toward a theory of
Chicana/o religious poetics." 1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Steele, Thomas J. New
Mexican Spanish religious oratory, 1800-1900. 1st ed. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, 1997.
Preaching( Oratoria sagrada)
in 19th century New Mexico
Sermons,
Social Conditions
Betancur, John Jairo, and
Doug Gills. The collaborative city: opportunities and struggles for
Blacks and Latinos in U.S. cities. Garland reference library of
social science; v. 1461. Contemporary urban affairs; v. 8. New York: Garland
Publishing, 2000.
On social conditions;
coalitions, ethnic relations and community development.
Student Activism
Valle, Maria Eva. “MEChA and
the transformation of Chicano student activism: generational change, conflict,
and continuity." 1996.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
California, San Diego, surveys former members and officers of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán)
at Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Treaties
Mexico and United States. El
Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848.
[Sacramento]: Telefact Foundation in cooperation with California State Dept. of
Education, 1968.
Facsimile of the Mexico--
United States treaty signed February 2, 1848.
Vieques
Mullenneaux, Lisa. Ni
una bomba más: Vieques vs. US Navy. New York: Penington Press,
2000.
United States. Navy Target
practice on the Navy-yards and naval stations in Puerto Rico.
War
Korea
(1950-1953)
Santiago Ortíz, Nicolás. Korea
1951, la guerra olvidada: el orgullo de haber sobrevivido. [Puerto
Rico: s.n.], 1987.
Personal narrative of a
Puerto Rican soldier during the Korean War,
Vietnam
(1961-1975)
Fernández Gordián, Osvaldo. La
guerra de Vietnam: tragedia puertorriqueña. San Juan de Puerto
Rico: [s.n.], 1994.
Recounting of Puerto Rican
participation in Vietnam.
Quiñones López, César R.,
Beatriz de Oliveras, and Ernesto Quidgley. Dónde estaba Dios en
Vietnam: sobrevivientes contestan. Guaynabo, P.R.: Vázquez-Bruno
Pub. 1994.
Personal narratives of
Puerto Rican soldiers in Vietnam
Religious aspects.
Women
Blake, Debra J. “The right
to passion: Chicana sexuality refigured.” 1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Iowa. Mexican American women sexual behavior.
Gil-Gomez, Ellen M. Performing
la mestiza: textual representations of lesbians of color and the negotiation of
identities. Literary criticism and cultural theory. New York:
Garland Publishing, 2000.
Lesbians' writings, American
History and criticism.
Kafka, Phillipa. (Out)classed
women : contemporary Chicana writers on inequitable gendered power relations.
Contributions in women's studies, no. 184. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Torres, Eden Elma.
"Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos" = Their faces we see, their
hearts we don't know: Chicana writers in context.” 1998.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Minnesota on Mexican American women authors.
Women Literary
collections-- United States.
Benavides, Rosamel S. Antología
de cuentistas chicanas: Estados Unidos de los '60 a los '90. Serie
narrativa (Editorial Cuarto Propio). 1. Ed. Santiago: Editorial Cuarto Propio,
1993.
Short stories by Mexican
American women (in Spanish)
Women in Literature
Denis, Roberta. “Feminist
themes in contemporary Chicano fiction." 1997.
Ph.D. dissertation from Cal.
State. U -Dominguez Hills
Chicano fiction; Mexican
American women in literature; feminism in literature.
Rodriguez, Ralph Edward.
“Chicana and Chicano fiction into the nineties: genre and contestation.”1997.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Texas at Austin,