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Perspectives on Las Américas: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation by
Call Number: F 1410 P48 2003ISBN: 0631222952Examines the historical, cultural, economic and political integration of Latina/os across the Americas which challenges the barriers between Latina/o Studies and Latin American/Caribbean Studies.Cultural Studies in the Curriculum: Teaching Latin America by
Call Number: F 1409.95 U6 C85 2003ISBN: 0873528026The nine essays in this volume probe the tension and interdependence between the literary and the cultural and demonstrate the relevance of cultural studies to a new generation of language learners in an era of globalization.Ideologies of Hispanism by
Call Number: CB 226 I345 2005ISBN: 0826514715Explores a variety of critical issues related to the historical, political and ideological configuration of the field. Features Hispanism in both Latin America and the United States.
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Created: Naomi Fosher, 06/11.
Updated: Naomi Fosher, 06/11; Gretchen Sotomayor, 11/16; Amanda Izenstark, 12/19.