Here we are already in November, one more month and a new year! In any case, we have many new books in HOMER and more to come soon in Spanish from Mexico.
Some news before listing the new books. While ordering new films for the library, we found out that we are getting a lot of DVD-R, especially for Spanish and Foreign countries films. What that means is that the film was recorded from an original DVD, so it is a copy and not all DVD players can read DVD-R. That doesn't mean that the DVD is bad or defective, is more an issue that depending how old the player, it may or not recognize this DVD. Here is quote from our Media specialist about this issue:
What's the big deal about DVD-Rs and how do they differ from a regular DVD? The differences between DVD-Rs and DVDs are similiar to the differences between CDs and CD-Rs. DVDs and CDs are mass-produced in big factories with giant machinery. DVD-Rs and CD-Rs are made one at a time on a computer or little duplicator. The information on either format is generally the same. The problem is that not every DVD or CD player will play a DVD-R or CD-R respectively.
Can I play DVD-Rs on my DVD player? Good question. The first place to check to see if you can play DVD-Rs is in your player's user manual. A good rule of thumb is that any DVD...manufactured prior to Winter 1999 will probably NOT be able to read a DVD-R disc.
Now, here is the list of our latest acquisitions at the library:
Spanish Literature
- Bruña Bragado, María José. (2005). Delmira Agustini: Dandismo, género y reescritura del imaginario modernista. Bern; New York: P. Lang. [From Critical essay found in Espacio Latino, http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/perez_claudia/bruna.htm “... esta nueva investigación, producto de la tesis doctoral que incluyera además otros aspectos, como el diálogo con escritores europeos y latinoamericanos, la llamada Biblioteca de Delmira, toma un clarificador punto de partida con la utilización del concepto de “literatura menor” de Deleuze y Guattari (1975). Se aplica a literaturas ajenas a un canon, en una lengua menor y no mayor, y Bruña desplaza simbólicamente este concepto a la literatura escrita por mujeres en la modernidad.]
- Dalmaroni, D. (2006). Teatro. Buenos Aires: Corregidor. Plays include in this book: New York -- Una tragedia argentina -- La vida de los demás -- Maté a un tipo -- Cuando te mueras del todo -- Burkina Faso.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Border Studies
- Ganster, P., & Lorey, D. E. (2008). The U.S.-Mexican border into the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. [Note from Publisher: Description: Systematically exploring the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States, this comprehensive survey considers the historical development, current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the border region. Now fully updated and revised, the book analyzes the economic cycles and social movements from the 1880s that created this distinctive borderlands region and propelled it into the twenty-first century and a globalizing world. Richly illustrated with photographs, maps, and tables, the book concludes with an analysis of key borderlands issues that range from the environment to migration to national security.]
- Morris, S. D. (2005). Gringolandia: Mexican identity and perceptions of the United States. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. [Note from Publisher: Mexico's views of the United States have been characterized as stridently anti-American, but recent policy changes in Mexico mark a fundamental transformation in the relationship. This thoughtful and original work answers questions about the impact of these policy shifts on Mexican nationalism and perceptions of the United States. As the only developing country to have entered into a free trade agreement (NAFTA) with a developed country, Mexico offers a unique and invaluable case study of the impact of globalization on a nation and its national identity. Exploring Mexico's experience also allows us to consider how other countries perceive the United States, especially in the post-9/11 climate. Analyzing the diversity of Mexican views of the United States, Gringolandia contributes a rich and nuanced dimension to our understanding of contemporary Mexico and Mexicans' feelings about the vital cross-border relationship.]
History
- Ayala, C. J., & Bernabé, R. (2007). Puerto Rico in the American century: A history since 1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. [Note from publisher: Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Ayala and Bernabe connect the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past of residents of the island as well as the many Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. The authors discuss a wide range of topics, including literary and cultural debates and social and labor struggles that previous histories have neglected. Ayala and Bernabe argue that the inability of Puerto Rico to shake its colonial legacy reveals the limits of free-market capitalism.] 2 copies in the library.
- Bosch, B. J. (2007). Balaguer and the Dominican military: Presidential control of the factional officer corps in the 1960s and 1970s. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co. [Note from the publisher: "In this study of the Dominican Republic's Balaguer era, the author draws upon declassified military documents and his experiences as an army attaché to the U.S. Embassy, Dominican Republic, during the 1970s. With an inside look at Balaguer's presidency, his manipulation of rival officers and cliques, and American involvement in the political history of Dominican Republic."]
- Tone, J. L. (2006). War and genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. [Note from Publisher: From 1895 to 1898, Cuban insurgents fought to free their homeland from Spanish rule. Though often overshadowed by the "Splendid Little War" of the Americans in 1898, the longer Spanish-Cuban conflict, according to John Tone, was in fact more remarkable, foreshadowing the wars of decolonization in the twentieth century. Employing newly released evidence, including hospital records, intercepted Cuban letters, battle diaries from both sides, and Spanish administrative records, Tone offers new answers to old questions concerning the war. He examines the origin of Spain's genocidal policy of "reconcentration"; the causes of Spain's military difficulties; the condition, effectiveness, and popularity of the Cuban insurgency; the necessity of American intervention; and Spain's supposed foreknowledge of defeat. The Spanish-Cuban-American war proved pivotal in the histories of all three countries involved. Tone's fresh analysis will provoke new discussions and debates among historians and human rights scholars as they reexamine the war in which the concentration camp was invented, Cuba was born, Spain lost its empire, and America gained an overseas empire.]
Linguistics
- Errington, J. J. (2008). Linguistics in a colonial world: A story of language, meaning, and power. Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Pub. [Review: "This book provides both an introduction and an innovative argument about the development of colonial linguistics and its place in the rise of 19th century European linguistics as a field of expert knowledge. This is stimulating scholarship and a valuable teaching resource for linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, history of linguistics, cultural studies and historiography." Kathryn Woolard, University of California: San Diego] Emphasis in Colonial Latin America.
Political Sciences/Human Rights/Democracy
- Ellner, S., & Tinker Salas, M. (2007). Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the decline of an "exceptional democracy". Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. [Review from Book News: A quick glance at the title of this collection might prompt the reader to expect this work to join in with the many denunciations of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a dictator in embryo that are heard routinely from his political opponents and government officials in North America. In fact Ellner (U. de Oriente, Venezuela) and Salas (Latin American history, Pomona College, US) have chosen the title to reflect their critique of the longstanding myth of Venezuela as an "exceptional democracy," which is used to form Manichean views of Chavez as attacking democracy. The ten chapters they present address key themes of earlier Venezuelan political history and the democracy currently taking shape under Chavez, including social conflict and its relation to global geopolitical and economic factors, the operations of US oil companies in Venezuela, Chavismo as the search for an alternative to neoliberalism, the emergence of a new labor movement, the political economy of racism, social movements and civil society, electoral politics, and US-Venezuelan relations. © 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR]
- Hilbink, L. (2007). Judges beyond politics in democracy and dictatorship: Lessons from Chile. New York: Cambridge University Press. [Note from Publisher: A longitudinal case study of Chile that assesses competing hypotheses regarding judicial behavior in both democratic and undemocratic contexts, this book explores the relevance of regime-related factors, judges' personal policy preferences, social class, and legal philosophy, but argues that institutional features grounded in the ideal of "apoliticism" best explain the persistent failure of Chilean judges to take stands in defense of rights and rule of law principles, before, during, and after the authoritarian interlude. Dr. Hilbink offers comparative examples to support broader theoretical claims about when judges will be willing and able to assert their independence against abuses of public power.]
- Nava, C., & Lauerhass, L. (2006). Brazil in the making: Facets of national identity. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. [Note from Publisher: This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences and memories give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? The contributors-a multidisciplinary group of U.S. and Brazilian scholars-offer a fresh look at questions that have been asked since the early nineteenth century and that continue to drive nationalist discourse today. Their chapters explore Brazilian identity through the interlinked concepts of texts, facts, sights, and sounds, offering a compelling analysis of how nationalism functions as a social, political, and cultural construction in Latin America.]
- Pérez-Liñán, A. S. (2007). Presidential impeachment and the new political instability in Latin America. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. [Note from the Publisher: Documents the emergence of a new pattern of political instability in Latin America. Traditional military coups have receded in the region, but elected presidents are still ousted from power as a result of recurrent crises. Aníbal Pérez-Liñán shows that presidential impeachment has become the main constitutional instrument employed by civilian elites to depose unpopular rulers. Based on detailed comparative research in five countries and extensive historical information, the book explains why crises without breakdown have become the dominant form of instability in recent years and why some presidents are removed from office while others survive in power. The analysis emphasizes the erosion of presidential approval resulting from corruption and unpopular policies, the formation of hostile coalitions in Congress, and the role of investigative journalism. This book challenges classic assumptions in studies of presidentialism and provides important insights for the fields of political communication, democratization, political behaviour, and institutional analysis.]
- Segura-Ubiergo, A. (2007). The political economy of the welfare state in Latin America: Globalization, democracy, and development. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. [Note from Publisher: This book is one of the first attempts to analyze how developing countries through the early twenty-first century have established systems of social protection (i.e. pension and poverty programs, and public health and education systems) and how these systems have been affected by the recent processes of globalization (i.e. greater exposure to international trade and capital markets) and democratization. The book focuses on Latin American - a pioneer in social policies in the developing world - to identify factors associated with the evolution of welfare state policies during the pre-globalization period (1920-1979), and studies how globalization and democratization in the last 25 years have affected governments' fiscal commitment to social spending.]
- Tate, W. (2007). Counting the dead: The culture and politics of human rights activism in Colombia. Berkeley: University of California Press. [Note from Publisher: At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there--nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. Drawing from the life stories of high-profile activists, pioneering interviews with military officials, and research at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Counting the Dead underscores the importance of analyzing and understanding human rights discourses, methodologies, and institutions within the context of broader cultural and political debates.]
Women Studies
- Franceschet, S. (2005). Women and politics in Chile. Boulder, Colo: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. [Review: Franceschet (political science, Acadia U., Canada) examines gendered difference in political participation in Chile through the lens of citizenship and the conceptual dichotomy between formal and informal politics as they have unfolded in the democratization period following the Pinochet dictatorship. Finding that women tend to dominate in informal politics while men tend to dominate in the formal sphere, she argues that the dichotomy is a gendered one, with the family and community attributes of informal politics associated with feminine roles of caretaking. The cultural practices and discursive politics that reinforce this gendered dichotomy are the primary source of women's unequal citizenship status. COPYRIGHT 2005 Book News, Inc.]
- Mitchell, S. E., & Schell, P. A. (2007). The women's revolution in Mexico, 1910-1953. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. [Note from Publisher: This book reinvigorates the debate on the Mexican Revolution, exploring what this pivotal event meant to women. The contributors offer a fresh look at women's participation in their homes and workplaces and through politics and community activism. Drawing on a variety of perspectives, the volume illuminates the ways women variously accepted, contested, used, and manipulated the revolutionary project. Recovering narratives that have been virtually written out of the historical record, this book brings us a rich and complex array of women's experiences in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary era in Mexico.]
Religion
- Ward, K. (2006). A history of global Anglicanism. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. [Note from Publisher: Anglicanism can be seen as irredeemably English. In this book Kevin Ward questions that assumption. He explores the character of the African, Asian, Oceanic, Caribbean and Latin American churches which are now a majority in the world-wide communion, and shows how they are decisively shaping what it means to be Anglican. While emphasising the importance of colonialism and neo-colonialism for explaining the globalisation of Anglicanism, Ward does not focus predominantly on the Churches of Britain and N. America; nor does he privilege the idea of Anglicanism as an 'expansion of English Christianity'. At a time when Anglicanism faces the danger of dissolution Ward explores the historically deep roots of non-Western forms of Anglicanism, and the importance of the diversity and flexibility which has so far enabled Anglicanism to develop cohesive yet multiform identities around the world.]
Hispanics/Latinos in the United States
History
- Campbell, J. T., Guterl, M. P., & Lee, R. G. (2007). Race, nation, & empire in American history. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. [Note from the publisher: While public debates over America's current foreign policy often treat American empire as a new phenomenon, this lively collection of essays demonstrates that notions of empire have long framed debates over western expansion, Indian removal, African slavery, Asian immigration, and global economic dominance, and they persist today despite the proliferation of anti-imperialist rhetoric. In 15 essays, distinguished historians examine the central role of empire in American race relations, nationalism, and foreign policy from the founding of the U.S. to the 21st century.] Include essays about Cuban and Chicanos.
- Kelsey, R. E., & Getty Foundation. (2007). Archive style: Photographs & illustrations for U.S. surveys, 1850-1890. Berkeley: University of California Press. [This imaginative study of American visual culture reveals how the political predicaments of a few small bureaucracies once fostered pictures of an extraordinary style. U.S. geographical and geological surveys of the late nineteenth century produced photographs and drawings of topography, American Indians, geologic features, botanical specimens, and specialists at work in the field. Some of these pictures have long been celebrated for their anticipation of a modernist aesthetic, but Robin Kelsey, in this abundantly illustrated volume, traces their modernistic qualities to archival ingenuity. The technical and promotional needs of surveys, Kelsey argues, fostered the emergence of a taut, graphic pictorial style that imitated the informational clarity of diagrams and maps. As this book demonstrates, these pictures became sites of struggle as well as innovation when three brilliant survey artists and photographers subtly resisted the programs they were hired to serve. Discovering a politics of style behind the modernist look of survey pictures, Kelsey offers a fresh interpretation of canonical western expedition photographs by Timothy H. O'Sullivan and introduces two exceptional but largely forgotten sets of pictures: views of the U.S.-Mexico boundary from the 1850s by Arthur Schott and photographs of the Charleston earthquake of 1886 by C. C. Jones.]
Women Studies
- Gutiérrez, J. A., Meléndez, M., & Noyola, S. A. (2007). Chicanas in charge: Texas women in the public arena. Lanham: AltaMira Press. [Note from the Publisher: Chicanas in Charge offers profiles, in the form of oral histories, of the careers of female community and political leaders from the Chicano community in Texas.]
Education
- Hall, H. R. (2006). Mentoring young men of color: Meeting the needs of African American and Latino students. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Education. [Note from the publisher: Here, the author takes a look at the phenomena of youth mentoring through a cultural lens. This work not only investigates the value of school-based mentoring (SBM) in the lives of adolescent males of color, but also offers alternative, more positive ways in which our society can experience and embrace this social group. Understanding mentoring as a cultural practice, this book informs schools and communities of the roles and responsibilities that they have in fighting against the public assault on America's youth and helping young males of color see themselves as redeemable and as fully human.]
- Kohnert, K. (2008). Language disorders in bilingual children and adults. San Diego, CA: Plural Pub. [Note from Publisher: This book provides speech-language pathologists, advanced students in communication disorders programs, and clinical language researchers with information needed to formulate and respond to questions related to effective service delivery to bilingual children and adults with suspected or confirmed language disorders. The bilinguals of interest represent varying levels of first and second language proficiency across the lifespan. That is, bilingualism is not determined here by a priori notions of relative proficiency in each language, but rather by the individual’s experience or need for two languages. Inclusive in this functional definition of bilingualism are typical children and adults who rely on two different languages, to varying degrees, to meet their communicative needs. Similarly, the four-year old language delayed child from a Spanish-speaking family who has just begun attending an English preschool program is considered bilingual, as is the 72 year-old retired professor with global aphasia who spoke both Vietnamese and English prior to the acquired language impairment. In each case, the relative level of skill or proficiency in each language is an important diagnostic factor, but it does not determine who is or who is not bilingual for the purposes of this text.]
Family/Households studies
- Schwede, L. K., Blumberg, R. L., & Chan, A. Y. (2005). Complex ethnic households in America. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. [Note from Publisher: This lively interdisciplinary book on complex households in six U.S. ethnic groups uniquely combines rich ethnographic description conveying the sights and smells of fieldwork with theory-linked overviews and Census 2000 data. It explores interactions of household structure, ethnicity and gender, also illuminating factors affecting formation and dissolution of complex households, which are increasingly important as family and ethnic diversity - and immigration - grow. It's valuable for student and professional sociologists, anthropologists, demographers, research methodologists, policymakers and interested public.]
Religion
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