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Spanish Periodicals in Pearson Library
AZTLAN: A Journal of Chicano Studies
AMÉRICAS
Hispania
La Opinion
Ventana Abierta
Reference Books in Pearson Library
This is a list of Reference Books for Students of Spanish Language and Literature available at the Pearson Library. Order is by Call Number.
Enciclopedia
Barsa de consulta fácil / preparada con el asesoramiento del cuerpo de
redacción de la Encyclopædia Britannica.
16 Volumes
AE65 .E53 1970
Enciclopedia
ilustrada Cumbre: lo esencial de los conocimientos actuales en forma clara,
sustancial y amena.
14 Volumes
AE65 .E56 1970
Pequeño
Larousse ilustrado, por Miguel de Toro y Gisbert.
AG61 .L3 1968
The Hispanic
almanac / Hispanic Policy Development Project.
E184.S75 H47 1984
The Hispanic-American
almanac: a reference work on Hispanics in the United States.
E184.S75 H557 1993
Handbook of
Hispanic cultures in the United States.
E184.S75 H3654 1994
Hispanic firsts:
500 years of extraordinary achievement. Notable Hispanic American women. Statistical handbook on U.S. Hispanics. Statistical record of Hispanic Americans. Redefining California: Latino social engagement in
a multicultural society. No longer a minority: Latinos and social policy in
California Encyclopedia of Latin America. Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture.
E184.S75 K36 1997
Notable Latino Americans: a biographical dictionary.
E184.S75 M435 1997
E184.S75 N68 1993
E184.S75 S27 1991
E184.S75 S74 1995
GENERAL BOOK COLLECTION
F870.S75 R44 1992
REFERENCE
F870.S75 R44 1992
GENERAL BOOK COLLECTION
F870.S75 N6 1992
REFERENCE
F870.S75 N6 1992
F1406 .E52
5 Volumes
F1406 .E53 1996
Using Spanish synonyms. English grammar for students of Spanish. Dictionary of Spanish literature. The Cambridge history of Latin American literature. Volume I, Discovery
to Modernism. Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Spanish American authors: the twentieth century. Dictionary of Literary Biography: Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers.
Latin America: Fiction and Poetry in Translation. Dictionary of Mexican literature. Chicano writers. Chicano perspectives in literature: a critical and annotated bibliography.
American ethnic literatures: native American, African American, Chicano/Latino,
and Asian American writers and their backgrounds: an annotated bibliography.
Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States. Diccionario de química inglés-español, español-inglés.
PC4591 .B38 1994
Diccionario de uso del español.
PC4625 .M6 vol. 1
PC4625 .M6 vol. 2
Cassell's Spanish dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary.
PC4640 .C35
El diccionario Oxford: Español-Inglés/Inglés-Español.
PC4640 .O94 1994
GENERAL BOOK COLLECTION
PE1099 .S65
REFERENCE
PE1099 .S65
PQ6006 .N4
PQ7081 A1 C35 1996
PQ7081 A1 E56 1997
PQ7081.3 .F57 1992
2 Volumes
PQ7082.N7 M55 1994
PQ7082.N7 M55 1994
PQ7106 D53 1992
PS153.M4 C484 1992
PS153.M4 L64
PS153.M56 P43 1992
PS508.H57 H355 1993
QD5 .K294 1998
This is a list of videos for Students of Spanish Language and Literature available at the Pearson Library. Order is Alphabetical.
Angel exterminador, El
1 videocassette (92 min.)
Winner of the Best Non-European Foreign Film from the Bodil
International Film Festival. Exterminating Angel is the story of guests
invited to an elegant dinner party who find they are unable to leave at
the end of the evening. A mysterious force compels them to stay…and
stay…and stay. After several days, their well-heeled social facades
collapse as hunger, thirst, fear, and boredom send them into a frenzy.
Bunuel stated that this film is "a metaphor, a deeply felt, disturbing
reflection of the life of modern man, a witness to the fundamental
preoccupations of our time." Spanish with English
subtitles.
PN1997.A64 A3
Argentina: land of natural wonder
1 videocassette (51 min.)
A look into Patagonia's diverse terrain, from spectacular mountain
scenery and endless wind-swept desert, to its rocky coast line.
F2816 .A7 1990
Argentinísima I
1 videocassette (115 min.)
Fernando Ayala directed this film, inspired by the poetry of Atahualpa
Yupanqui, which alternates reality with fantasy, and is based almost
entirely on Argentinean folklore. The soundtrack is drawn from various
ethnographic music of Argentina, and the film features spectacular scenery
of Argentina. In Spanish without English subtitles.
ML3575.A7 A74
Ay, Jalisco no te rajes!
1 videocassette (90 min.)
A daring young man vies for the hand of the daughter of a powerful
general.
PN1997 .A98
Blood wedding/Bodas de sangre
1 videocassette (71 min.)
Flamenco interpretation of the classic drama by Federico Garcia Lorca.
The National Ballet of Spain is first shown arriving at the dance studio,
making up and rehearsing, dramatizing the technique by which they
transform themselves into a unified dance company. The story of murderous
passion and revenge is told entirely through dance without dialogue. A
young bride runs off from her wedding with a married lover. Her jilted
husband tracks them down and fights a knife duel to the death. Based on
the play by Federico Garcia Lorca. Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .B676
Boca del lobo, La
1 videocassette (111 min.)
Winner of the Grand Prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. A
powerful drama, one of the finest films to emerge from Latin and South
America in recent years: the study of a bloody clash between the Peruvian
Army and the Maoist Shining Path. Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .B622 1990
Cabeza de Vaca
1 videocassette (110 min.)
Winner of eight international awards. A stunningly beautiful biography
of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca, the sole survivor of a 16th
century Spanish shipwreck off the coast of Florida.
E125.N9 N872 1993
Camila
1 videocassette (105 min.)
Set in mid-nineteenth century Argentina, the true story of Camila
O'Gorman, an aristocratic young woman who falls in love with Ladislao
Gutierrez, a young Jesuit priest. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Foreign Film. Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .C234 1995
Carlos Gardel
1 videocassette (53 min.)
Originally produced as motion picture in 1986. A profile of the famous
Argentine singer and "king of the tango", Carlos Gardel, including many
clips of his performances.
ML420 .G24
Ciudad y los perros, La/The city and the dogs
1 videocassette (135 min.)
Originally produced as motion picture in 1985. Based on La ciudad y
los perros. Four angry cadets in a Peruvian military academy set off a
chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder and suicide.
Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .C55 1987
Cuando tu no estas
1 videocassette (90 min.)
Rafael started his acting career with a burlesque group which
performed all over Spain. He decides to try his chances in Madrid. He
succeeds and one of the people who helped raise him to stardom was Laura.
PN1997 .C83
The Cubist epoch
1 videocassette (53 min.)
Surveys cubist art in the context of its period by focusing on The
cubist epoch exhibition originally shown at the Los Angeles County Art
Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Examines works by Picasso,
Braque, Gris, Léger, and others.
N6494.C8 C83
Don Quixote
1 videocassette (76 min.)
Adapted from Cervantes' novel. Originally released as a motion picture
in England in 1933.
PQ6329 .A2 1996
Don Segundo Sombra
1 videocassette (110 min.)
This film transcription of the 1926 "gaucho" classic by Ricardo
Guiraldes is an accurate description of life on the pampas at the
beginning of the century and also a fine study of the Argentine character.
Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .D66 1987
Doña Barbara
1 videocassette (138 min.)
Videocassette release of the 1943 motion picture. Based on the novel
by Rómulo Gallegos.
PQ8549.G24 D62
Doña Perfecta
1 videocassette (115 min.)
Adaptation of Benito Pérez Galdós' novel of the same
title. Videocassette release of the 1951 film.
PQ6555 .D79 1990
Fortunata y Jacinta: historia de dos casadas
1 videocassette (108 min.)
Videocassette release of the 1969 motion picture. Based on the novel
by Benito Pérez
PN1997 .F68
The glory of Spain
1 videocassette (54 min.)
Includes Flamenco, Art, Music, Composers; filmed at El Prado Museum.
N3450 .G567 1985
Goya
1 videocassette (54 min.)
Originally released as motion picture in 1971.
Deals with major works of the artist Goya, including his etchings,
tapestries, portraits, frescoes, and famous "black paintings," focusing on
those in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
N7113.G6 G6
The Green wall/La Muralla verde
1 videocassette (110 min.)
A videocassette release of the 1970 motion picture.
A young couple forsake their urban existence for life in the exciting
but dangerous Peruvian jungle.
PN1997 .G7 1990
Half of heaven
1 videocassette (127 min.)
Story of the social rise of a beautiful ambitious peasant girl, the
film is a lusty appreciation of the power, tenacity and mysteries of
women.
PN1997 .H32 1986
The Incas remembered
1 videocassette (ca. 60 min)
A look at the ancient Incan civilization from its beginnings to its
demise at the hands of the invading Spanish conquistadors, focusing on its
scientific and architectural achievements.
F3429 .I5 1986
Infierno de los pobres, El
1 videocassette (98 min.)
Originally produced as motion picture in 1951. Adaptation of 1st part
of: Percal / José G. Cruz. A young woman, desirous of breaking out
of her poor circumstances, is courted by a wealthy young man, who steals
his grandmother's wedding ring to present to his intended. The young
couple runs off and are later found by police in a hotel. The young man's
mother refuses to consent to the young couple marrying, and the young
woman's poor circumstances force her to turn to prostitution.
PN1997 .I58
Introducing Chile
1 videocassette (22 min.)
Describes the geography, industry and people of Chile.
F3064 .I58 1992
Lazarillo
1 videocassette (108 min.)
Based on the novel "El Lazarillo de Tormes."
PN1997 .L34
Linea del cielo, La
1 videocassette (84 min.)
Videocassette release of 1984 motion picture. Depicts the adventures
and misadventures of a Spanish photographer who comes to Manhattan seeking
fame and fortune in the Big Apple.
PN1997 .L56
Marianela
1 videocassette (113 min.)
Videocassette release of the motion picture. Based on a novela by B.
Perez Galdos.
PN1997 .M33
Martín Fierro
1 videocassette (ca. 134 min.)
This riveting film by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson deals with the life of
Martin Fierro. Drafted into military service, he is assigned to work for
the commander. When he returns home, his wife and family are gone. As he
descends into depression, he kills a black man during a drunken fight, and
is forced to flee. Together with his friend Cruz, he lives in an Indian
encampment in relative safety. Spanish with English subtitles.
PQ7797.H3 M36
The Missions
1 videocassette (36 min.)
Shows daily life in the missions: making bricks, candles and leather,
growing and preparing food; explores the mission heritage.
BV2800 .M58
Norte, El
1 videocassette (141 min.)
Videocassette release of the 1984 motion picture.
Beginning in the remote mountain jungles of Guatemala, awash with the
lushness of nature and the rainbow colors of the Mayans, this
highly-acclaimed drama about a brother and sister seeking a better life
centers on two young Indians. When their father is killed by government
soldiers and their mother taken away, they set out for the "promised land"
to the north--El Norte.
PN1997 .N64 1984
The Official Story/La historia oficial
1 videocassette (110 min.)
This Argentinean feature is the true story of a comfortable
middle-class couple and their adopted daughter. As the film progresses,
the couple gradually begin to suspect that their daughter may be one of
the many Argentinean children separated from their parents as they are
detained or tortured and given away. The wife's journey of self-discovery
reveals the horrors of the military dictatorship in Argentina. Academy
Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997 .H53 1995
Olvidados, Los/The young and the damned
1 videocassette (81 min)
Originally produced as a motion picture in Mexico in 1950. Bunuel's
study of street gangs set in the outskirts of Mexico city.
PN1997 .O42
Picasso, war, peace, love
1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970. Deals with the works
of Pablo Picasso from Guernica onward, showing photographs from several
museums, galleries, and private collections. Presents live sequences of
the artist in his studio near Cannes.
ND553.P5 P52 1986
Question of conscience: the murder of the Jesuit priests in El
Salvador
1 videocassette (48 min.)
This documentary focuses on the November 16, 1989 murder of six Jesuit
priests in El Salvador by uniformed soldiers, and its consequences. The
film looks at the personal histories of the priests and their murderer,
the history of El Salvador during their time and the role and attitude of
the church and the University in Salvadoran society.
E1488.3 .Q83 1990
Robert Gavaldon's Macario
1 videocassette (VHS) (91 min.)
Videocassette release of the 1960 motion picture. An allegorical
portrayal of poverty, hunger, and death in a 16th century Mexican village.
PN1997 .M22 1989
Romero
1 videocassette (105 min.)
Videocassette release of the 1989 motion picture.
PN1997 .R65 1990
Salsa
1 videocassette (Length NA)
Captures Latin music in all its joy, vitality and improvisational
brilliance from the barrios of New York City to the roots-culture of the
Caribbean.
M1680.18 .S36
Salvador Dali--a soft self-portrait.
1 videocassette (60 min.)
Designed, masterminded and acted by Dali himself. Originally made for
television broadcast.
ND813.D3 A3
Simon of the desert/Simón del Desierto
1 videocassette (43 min.)
Luis Bunuel's intriguing tale of spiritual quest and temptation.
A 5th century ascetic stands atop a pedestal in constant prayer.
He takes only minimal sustenance and rejects any attempts to
distract him. The devil appears in several incarnations, always
as a woman. The image of the devil as a beautiful, golden
haired, bearded woman carrying a lamb in her arms, is
unforgettable. Often called the "greatest short film of all
time", Bunuel's wit has never been sharper, his surrealist
vision never clearer. Spanish with English subtitles.
PN1997.S55 A3
Tango Bar
1 videocassette (90 min.)
Videocassette release of 1988 motion picture. Tango Bar burns with the
white heat of Argentina's energetic, erotic national dance. Once, Ricardo,
Elena and Antonio dazzled nightclub audiences with the feverish magic of
the tango. That was before police-state intervention. And before Elena
dropped Antonio for Ricardo. Now, as the three performers uneasily await
their reunion, they look back on their years together...and present a
breathtaking, generations-spanning showcase of tangos and, well, tangles
from the world-acclaimed dancers of the Tango Argentino revue.
PN1997 .T36 1989
Una visita a Buenos Aires
1 videocassette (19 min.)
Tours through the beautiful capital city of Argentina.
F3001 .U64 1993
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