Eng 150: ES: Literature of Latinos in the U.S.

 

Reference Works: History and Culture

Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States
Ref E 184 .S75 H365 1993 4 vols.
The four volumes cover sociology, anthropology, history, and literature and art.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Ref E 184 .S75 O97 2005 4 vols.

The Latino Encyclopedia
Ref E 184 S7.5 L3.57 1996 6 vols.

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Ref E 184 .A1 G14 2000 3 vols.
Focuses on the cultural and immigration experiences of various national and ethnic groups who have come to the U.S.

Latino Americans and Political Participation
Ref E 184 .S75 L3557 2004

The Mexican American Experience: An Encyclopedia
Ref E 184 .M5 M4535 2003

 

Reference Works: Literary

Latino and Latina Writers
Ref PS 153 .H56 L39 2 vols.

Literature Resource Center
Biographical information (see the terrific Dictionary of Literary Biography articles) and critical analyses of writers, plus full-text articles from over 100 scholarly journals.

Hispanic Literature of the United States
Ref PS 153 .H56 K36 2003
Broad overview essays, short biographies, and themes, genres, and trends.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
Ref PS 153 .M56 G74 2005 5 vols.

Literary Cultures of Latin America: A Comparative History
Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L525 2004 3 vols.
See Vol. 3 for the section on Hispanic writers in the U.S.

 

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