Selection of Collection Development articles for librarians and bookbuyers spanning a wide range of subjects from Críticas
A View From The Outside by Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA, 11/1/2008
Interest in exploring current conditions in Latin American societies has produced numerous documentaries. More
A View From The Outside
by Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott Coll., Decatur, GA - 11/01/2008
Interest in exploring current conditions in Latin American societies has produced numerous documentaries.
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Video Collection Development—Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
by Rafael Ocasio - 06/15/2008
In celebration of June’s Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, this round-up gathers some representative films from Argentina and Mexico’s most avant-garde production along with one documentary made in the United States.
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Immigration 101
by Rafael Ocasio - 05/15/2008
As reflected in the media and current presidential debates, illegal immigration remains a controversial and heated subject. However, while many discussions have centered on how to stop the flow of thousands of desperate men, women, and children who “break the law” to enter the United States and take jobs here, they often ignore the ways in which the American economy continues to promote (and benefit from) their exploitation.
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Colombia on Film
By Rafael Ocasio - 11/15/2007
For more than 40 years, Colombia has been the tragic victim of the military’s war against left-wing guerrilla groups (mainly the FARC) and right-wing paramilitary groups that emerged in the 1980s to fight the guerrillas.
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Books That Whet Your Appetite
By Catherine Rendón - 11/15/2007
Cooking once depended on the cornucopia of ingredients available in specific geographies, but fortunately this is no longer necessarily the case. The cookbooks reviewed here offer a panorama of the latest trends in culinary fashion, showing how they draw on various regional cuisines.
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A Big Book For Small Hands: Bibles for Kids
11/15/2007
Christianity, and particularly Catholicism, is a cornerstone of Hispanic culture. Most children grow up attending Sunday mass, preparing themselves for the First Communion, and praying every night with prayers they’ve learned from mom, dad, or abuelita.
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Counterrevolutionary Cuban Films
By Rafael Ocasio - 10/15/2007
Cuba’s counterrevolutionary films are a departure from the official rhetoric of the revolutionary Cuban government. Some offer a historical overview of the crimes committed by prerevolutionary guerrilla groups, located in the Escambray Mountains of the Sierra Maestra, the geographical center of the Castro-led revolution; others document the revolutionary army’s early trials without jury, known as juicios populares (public trials).
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Multicultural Link Bruce Jensen, Online Reference Librarian, OCLC's QuestionPoint, Multicultural Support Librarian, Kutztown University October 17, 2008 New graphics and PSAs to promote bibliotecas
The American Library Association and Spanish-language broadcasting colossus Univision... More
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez—No Small Feat
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, the Cuban novelist who won this year’s Premio Alfaguara de Novela, has been traveling nonstop. His book tour brought him to New York City this past May, where he met with reporters eager to interview him on his latest accomplishment.
A place of refuge
In this issue’s cover story, Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Díaz recounts how the library helped him discover a world he wouldn’t have known otherwise and how for him, as an immigrant child, the library was a place—and a concept—he never could have imagined. Some Hispanics, like Díaz, who was newly arrived from the Dominican Republic, will dig right in and...
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