Celebrating Mexico and Mexican Americans

Food:

Simply Mexican, Lourdes Castro 641.5972 CAS

500 Mexican Dishes: The Only Compendium of Mexican Dishes You’ll Ever Need, Judith Fertig 641.5972 FER

My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats, Fany Gerson 641.5972 GER

From My Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients, Diana Kennedy 641.5972 KEN

My Mexico: A Culinary Odyssey With More Than 300 Recipes, Diana Kennedy 641.5972 KEN

Truly Mexican, Roberto Santibañez 641.5972 SAN

Seasons of My Heart: A Culinary Journey Through Oaxaca, Mexico, Susana Trilling 641.5972 TRI

Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor, Marcela Valladolid 641.5972 VAL

Art:

The Art of Mexico [DVD] 709.72 ART

Mexican Art Masterpieces, Marcus B. Burke 709.72 BUR

Ceramic Trees of Life: Popular Art From Mexico, Lenore Hoag Mulryan 738.8 MUL

Infinitas Gracias: Contemporary Mexican Votive Painting, Alfredo Vilchis Roque 755.2 ROQ

Finding Frida Kahlo: In Mexico, Fifty-Five Years After the Death of Frida Kahlo, in San Miguel de Allende, Barbara Levine 759.972 LEV

Frida Kahlo: Face to Face, Judy Chicago OVERSIZE 759.972 CHI

Frida Kahlo: Life and Work, Helga Prignitz-Poda OVERSIZE 759.972 PRI

Frida Kahlo: A Biography, Claudia Schaefer B KAHLO

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo [DVD] B KAHLO

Diego Rivera [DVD] B RIVERA

Dreaming With His Eyes Open: A Life of Diego Rivera, Patrick Marnham B RIVERA

Escrituras de Frida Kahlo, Raquel Tibol, editor SPANISH 759.972 TIB

Music:

Compréndeme, German Montero CD 781.6268 MON

Gran City Pop, Paulina Rubio CD 781.6268 RUB

Fantasia Pop, Belanova CD 781.626872 BEL

De Sinaloa Para El Mundo, Calilbre 50 CD 781.626872 CAL

El Hombre Que Más Te Amó, Vicente Fernández CD 781.626872 FER

La Reína Canta a México, Ana Gabriel CD 781.626872 GAB

Amor, Dolor y Lágrimas: Música Ranchera, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano CD 781.626872 MAR

Empezar Desde Cero, RBD CD 781.626872 RBD

Si Tú Te Vas, Tierra Cali CD 781.626872 TIE

Otra Cosa, Julieta Venegas CD 781.626872 VEN

Movies:

Amar Te Duele DVD AMA

August Evening DVD AUG

Bandidas DVD BAN

The Crime of Padre Amaro = El Crimen del Padre Amaro DVD CRI

Frida DVD FRI

El Mariachi DVD MAR

El Padrecito DVD PAD

Real Women Have Curves DVD REA

Rudo y Cursi DVD RUD

Y Tu Mamá También DVD Y

Literature:

The Eagle on the Cactus: Traditional Tales From Mexico = El Águila Encima del Nopal: Cuentos Tradicionales de Mexico, retold by Angel Vigil 398.2089 VIG

Mexico City Noir, edited by Paco Ignacio Taibo 808.839 MEX

Gritos: Essays, Dagoberto Gilb 814.54 GIL

Nobody’s Son: Notes From an American Life, Luis Alberto Urrea 818.5409 URR

Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry, edited by Mónica de la Torre and Michael Wiegers 861.64 REV

Between Two Fires: Intimate Writings on Life, Love, Food and Flavor, Laura Esquivel 863.64 ESQ

Culture:

Food Culture in Mexico, Janet Long-Solís & Luis Alberto Vargas 394.120972 LON

Mañana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans, Jorge G. Castañeda 394.2 CAS

Cinco de Mayo [DVD] 394.262 CIN

Mexico: A Quick Guide to Customs & Etiquette, Guy Mavor 917.2 MAV

Ask a Mexican!, Gustavo Arellano 972 ARE

Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating? The Story Behind Mexico’s Battle of Puebla, Donald W. Miles 972.07 MIL

Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion, Nick Caistor 972.53 CAI

First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century, David Lida 972.53084 LID

Life on a Mexican Ranche [eBook] Margaret Maud McKellar ONLINE

Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance: Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in Mexico [eBook] edited by William H. Beezley ONLINE

Digging the Days of the Dead: A Reading of Mexico’s Días de Muertos [eBook] Juanita Garciagodoy ONLINE

Fiction:

Sisters, Strangers, and Starting Over: A Quinceañera Club Novel, Belinda Acosta

Randy Lopez Goes Home, Rudolfo Anaya

A Glass of Water, Jimmy Santiago Baca

The Night of the Radishes, Sandra Benítez

2666, Roberto Bolaño

Amigoland, Oscar Casares

The Guardians, Ana Castillo

Stones for Ibarra, Harriet Doerr

Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel

Destiny and Desire, Carlos Fuentes

The Flowers, Dagoberto Gilb

Travel Advisory: Stories of Mexico, David Lida

Hungry Woman in Paris, Josefina López

The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters, Lorraine López

The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue, Manuel Muñoz

The Girls From the Revolutionary Cantina, Mike Padilla

Names on a Map, Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The Madonnas of Echo Park, Brando Skyhorse

The Black Minutes, Martín Solares

The Creed of Violence, Boston Teran

Into the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea

La Última de las Muchachas del Menú, Denise Chávez SPANISH FIC CHAVEZ

La Invasión, Ignacio Solares SPANISH FIC SOLARES

Web Pages:

The History of Cinco de Mayo,  from MEXonline.com

Cinco de Mayo, from History.com

Artes e Historia México

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Recursos Electrónicos Bases de datos

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