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Hispanic Heritage Resources at the TUC Library

by Julie Horwath on 2020-10-05T12:35:00-07:00 in Special Resource Lists | 0 Comments

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the TUC Library has put together a list of resources for the TUC Community, including streaming videos, books and websites. Read on for the list.

STREAMING VIDEOS

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Cinco De Mayo (45 mins)

Each May 5th, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are held in cities throughout the United States. But few people know the holiday's significance. It's a story that began on a sweltering morning, May 5, 1862, in the city of Puebla, Mexico and surrounding forts, when an ill-equipped Mexican Army, along with Zacapoaxtla Indians and regular citizens, beat the invading French Army. Filmed in Mexico and the US, this is the riveting story -- from events leading up to the bloody battle and the aftermath. Today, the memory of French occupation has faded, except for Cinco de Mayo -- the day the Mexicans defeated the most powerful army in the world. - From the producer

Learning Spanish: How to Understand and Speak a New Language, from The Great Courses (30 episodes - 21 hrs 33 mins)

Have you ever tried to learn another language, only to abandon your efforts due to boredom or frustration? In this highly effective course, we’re pleased to present an approach that turns the tables on the problems so many people face in learning a new language. Experience the fastest and most direct way to get up and running with a beautiful and highly useful language. Learning Spanish: How to Understand and Speak a New Language offers you an exciting and practical way to quickly build the ability to communicate in Spanish. - From the producer

The Latino List, Volume 1 (57 mins)

HBO presents a unique glimpse into the vibrant and burgeoning culture of Hispanic America through a series of highly personal video portraits of Latinos who have richly contributed to the fabric of contemporary society. Funny, poignant and irreverent, The Latino List illuminates the Latino experience today, at a time when the Latino population in the US is booming. The Latino List: Volume 1 spotlights a diverse range of notables from music, science, journalism, theater, politics, business, and government. In intimate interviews with NPR correspondent Maria Hinojosa, these prominent Hispanic Americans discuss such subjects as the childhood inspirations that fueled their ambitions, how they achieved success, the evolving American cultural landscape they helped mold, the importance of preserving a distinct cultural identity for future generations to embrace, and the challenges of discrimination. The subjects share stories of growing up Latino in America, how their backgrounds shaped their philosophies and their feelings on a society where new opportunities abound, but challenges still exist. Hailing from a variety of backgrounds, including Cuban, Colombian, Honduran, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and more, each interviewee has a unique perspective on his or her American success story. - From the producer

The Latino List, Volume 2 (49 mins)

The Latino List: Volume 2 features interviews with an extraordinary cross-section of Hispanic Americans who represent a variety of professions, disciplines, and backgrounds, each speaking to the unique struggles and triumphs he or she has faced. The film consists of intimate first-person vignettes, with each subject speaking simply and directly into the camera about a number of topics — from the hot-button issue of immigration to childhood inspirations that fueled their ambitions, to the evolving American cultural landscape they helped mold, to the importance of preserving a distinct cultural identity for future generations. Volume 2 features activist Dolores Huerta, journalist Soledad O'Brian, NY Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, model and humanitarian Christy Turlington, actors George Lopez and Judy Reyese, former Telemundo president of entertainment Nely Galan, Univision network president Cesar Conde, and political figures like Raul Yzaguirre, the US Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. From sharing stories from their childhoods to talking about life-changing moments in their professional and personal lives, each of these individuals shares what it means to be Latino in America. - from the producer

Latino Vote : Dispatches From The Battleground (56 mins)

This film follows the efforts of community leaders working to ensure Latino voter turnout. How will these efforts impact the presidential election result, and will 2020 be a tipping point for the impact of the Latino vote? - from the producer

Latinos in America, Part 1 (60 mins)

A profile of some of the many groups listed under the label of Latino(na’s) in the U.S. Studio Guest: Rey Flores, a community activist and columnist for Hoy Newspaper in Chicago. Video Inserts: Chuy Negrette, an ethno-historian from Chicago; Professor Carlos Munoz, Jr. at the University of California at Berkeley; Dr. Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, director of the Harvard Immigration Program; and Janet Castellanos, a Professor at the University of California at Riverside. - From the producer

Latinos in America, Part 2 (60 mins)

Studio Guest: Rey Flores, a community activist and columnist for Hoy Newspaper in Chicago and realtor/community activist Fred Medina. Video Inserts: The Ballet Folkloric filmed during a Mexican Independence Day celebration; a mini case study of Beardstown, a small river town in central Illinois with a rapidly growing Latino population; Janet Castellanos, a Professor at the University of California at Riverside, and a film clip from the movie Crash. - From the producer

The Whole Enchilada (28 mins)

In recent years over a million Latin Americans in search of a better life have surged into the U.S. -- conventionally and illegally. The U.S. has undergone arguably the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in its history and Latinos are expected to emerge as a potential American majority by 2050. The Whole Enchilada details how this growth has resulted in acute growing pains: conservative commentators railing against porous borders and complaining about illegal Latinos taking jobs away from Americans; an increase in hate crimes against Latinos, specifically in the infamous murder in Patchogue, N.Y.; extremely high unemployment in Latino communities; and young Hispanics joining gangs.The film also shows the increasing Latino vibrancy and optimism especially in Los Angeles where there is a new sense of empowerment. The L.A. City Councilman Tony Cardenas, touted as a future political leader, the actress Lupe Ontiveros, Josefina Lopez, the screenwriter of Real Women Have Curves, now the director of a theatre company and TV anchor Geraldo Rivera are some of the people interviewed in this lively film. Most dramatically, the recent appointment of the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice, Sonia Maria Sotomayor, sent a powerful message of hope and opportunity to the Latino community. - From the producer

BOOKS

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An African-American and Latinx History of the United States - Paul Ortiz (Print book)

Blurred Borders : Transnational Migration Between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States - Jorge Duan

Brown Trans Figurations : Rethinking Race, Gender, And Sexuality In Chicanx/Latinx Studies - Francisco J. Galarte

Chicana/o Struggles for Education : Activism in the Community - Guadalupe San Miguel

Confronting Our Canons : Spanish and Latin American Studies in the 21st Century - Joan Lipman Brown

Debating Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Identity : Jorge J. E. Gracia and His Critics - Iván Jaksić

Developing Minority Language Resources : The Case of Spanish in California - Prof. Guadalupe Valdés, Prof. Joshua A Fishman, Rebecca Chávez, and William Pérez

Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History - F. Arturo Rosales and Francisco A Rosales

Ethnic Cues : The Role of Shared Ethnicity in Latino Political Participation - Matt Barreto

Finding Latinx : in search of the voices redefining Latino identity - Paola Ramos (Print book)