LibGuides: Online Book Displays: Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

This online display includes free and library resources (eBooks, DVDs, streaming videos, and links) related to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15). Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the history, culture, and contribution of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Why celebrate this time of year? September 15 marks the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Additionally, Mexico celebrates its Independence Day on September 16 and Chile celebrates theirs on September 18. ¡Felicidades!

This online display will be updated as resources become available. You are invited to email suggestions or recommendations.

Databases

Acceda Noticias This link opens in a new window
Spanish language news from the U.S. and abroad. Provides a wealth of primary source information from Spanish-language news sources from Florida to California, as well as Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, offering often overlooked perspectives. Also contains historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
Informe (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Full text of Spanish language periodicals. 1994-Current.

E-Books

An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
ISBN: 9780807013106
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
Beyond el Barrio by Adrian Burgos; Frank Guridy; Gina M. Pérez (Editor)
ISBN: 9780814791288
Publication Date: 2010-10-27
Healing Memories by Elizabeth Garcia
ISBN: 9780822965640
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
Hispanic, Female and Young by Phyllis Tashlik
ISBN: 9781558850804
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema by Thomas G. Deveny
ISBN: 9780810885042
Publication Date: 2012-06-21
Negotiating Latinidad by Frances R. Aparicio
ISBN: 0252051556
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Otherness in Hispanic Culture by Teresa Fernàndez Ulloa
ISBN: 9781443853897
Publication Date: 2014-02-15
The Translational Turn by Marta E. Sanchez
ISBN: 9780822965510
Publication Date: 2019-01-22
¡Muy Pop! by Frederick Luis Aldama; Ilan Stavans
ISBN: 9780472035519
Publication Date: 2013-11-04
¡Tequila! by Marie Sarita Gaytán
ISBN: 9780804788076
Publication Date: 2014-11-12

Streaming Media

Latin American Women Artists 1915–1995 (Films on Demand)
Surveying some of the most underappreciated art of the 20th century, this program documents a groundbreaking exhibit of work by Latin American women at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The video opens up the world of these bold and sensitive visionaries, illuminating their accomplishments, their impact on artists outside their own countries, and the relationship between cultural and artistic identity. Featuring the work of legendary painters Frida Kahlo and María Izquierdo—as well as living artists Fanny Sanin, Soledad Salame, Elba Damast, and many others—the program reevaluates notions of mainstream and margin in the contemporary art world. (27 minutes)

Free Resources

7 facts for National Hispanic Heritage Month
Some key facts about the nation’s Latino population by age, geography and origin groups, collected by Pew Research Center in October 2019.
About National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to Hispanic American Heritage Month.
Chicano Civil Rights "Desegregation & Education"
Video from Austin PBS: "In the aftermath of desegregation, Mexican-American students and teachers in Austin realize the lack of equality in the school system and higher education. Students and teachers who lived it share their stories about the disparate conditions and the fight for reform."
Civil Rights and Hispanics in Texas
Video from Texas Historical Commission
Heritage and History Month Events: Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian hosts vibrant performances, lectures, and family activities that celebrate our nation's rich cultural heritage and history.
Hispanic Culture in the USA
Video by Elizabeth Wohlford
In the Heights: A Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the composer and lyricist of In the Heights, spoke on campus as part of the 2011-2012 Cooper Series.
Machismo hurts men too | Alejandro Jimenez | TEDxMileHigh
Video: "What assumptions do we make about others based on their gender or ethnicity? When Alejandro Jimenez first learned about the Hispanic stereotype of machismo, he was shocked. Was he doomed to a life of rage and aggression? In this inspiring talk and poem, he explores what it means forge your own identity."
TEDx TALK: I'm Mexican. Does that change your assumptions about me?
Video: "We are really good at forming judgements of other people and jump to conclusions based on how they look, sound, by their last names and by the color of their skin. But imagine if you could develop a simple tactic to challenge the assumptions that limit your life?"