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Study Abroad: MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA and THE CARIBBEAN

Undergraduate Library Resources
All Areas - Caribbean - Central America - Guatemala - Honduras - Jamaica - Mexico - Music Recordings


ALL AREAS

Books

  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater - Eladio Cortes and Mirta Barrea-Marlys, editors - 869.092 En192
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 -Daniel Balderston and Mike Gonzalez, editors - 869.09 En195
  • Hispanic Culture of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean - Peter Standish, editor - Q. 972.08203 H625
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: a continental overview of environmental issues - Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom - 363.70098 H559I
  • Teen Life in Latin America and the Caribbean - Cynthia Margarita Tompkins and Kristen Sternberg, editors - 305.23509729 T229
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CARIBBEAN
Books

  • My Love, My Love (or The Peasant Girl) - Rosa Guy - 813 G9896my2001
  • Prospero’s Daughter: a novel - Elizabeth Nunez - 813 N922p
  • A Salty Piece of Land - Jimmy Buffett - 813 B863s

Films

  • The Bahamas & the U.S. Virgin Islands - VIDREC 917.29604 B1471
  • Dreaming Rivers - English with some French - VIDREC 791.43654 D81
  • Histore(s) de rhum (Rum Stories) - French with English subtitles - VIDREC 641.259 H629
  • I is a Long Memoried Woman - VIDREC 306.362 I1
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CENTRAL AMERICA
Books

  • Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: an encyclopedia - Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster, editors - 972.01 Ar224
  • Brief History of Central America - Lynn V. Foster    972.8 F814b
  • Telltale Stories from Central America: cultural heritage, political systems, and resistance in developing countries - Samuel Z. Stone - 305.8009728 St724t

Films

  • Arte Actual de Centro America y Panama: panorama de la coleccion ESSO en la Feria Mundial de Nueva York y sus artistas (Art of Central America and Panama) - VIDREC 709.728 Ar 752or
  • Barroco - VIDREC 980 B278
  • Central America: history & heritage - VIDREC 972.8 C333
  • Continent on the Move - English and Spanish with English subtitles and voiceovers VIDREC 972.083 C767
  • Crisis in the Americas - VIDREC 335.4309728
  • Golden Coach - English and Italian with subtitles - DVD 791.4372 G5654c
  • The Mosquito Coast - VIDREC 791.4372 M8552wo
  • Quetzalcoatl - VIDREC 972 Q392
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GUATEMALA
Films

  • Todos Santos Cuchumatan - VIDREC 972.8104 T569I
  • Winds of Memory - Spanish with English subtitles and narration - VIDREC 972.81052 W724

HONDURAS
Films

  • Destination- Honduras - VIDREC 972.83053 D474

JAMAICA
Films

  • Jamaica - VIDREC 917.29204 J22
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MEXICO
Books

  • Caramelo: or Pure Cuento: a novel - Sandra Cisneros - 813 C497c
  • Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico - Michael S. Werner - 972.003 C748
  • Cooking the Mexican Way: revised and expanded to include new low-fat and vegetarian recipes - Rosa Coronado - 641.5972 C816c
  • Frida: a novel - Barbara Mujica - 813 M8964fr2002
  • Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology - Kay Almere Read and Jason J. Gonzalez - 398.208997 R22h
  • The Life and Times of Mexico - Earl Shorris - 972 Sh791
  • Mexico: an encyclopedia of contemporary culture and history - Don M. Coerver, Suzanne B. Pasztor and Robert M. Buffington - 972.0803 C651m
  • Mexico’s Cinema: a century of film and filmmakers - Joanne Hershfield and David R. Maciel, editors - 791.430972 M5742
  • Our Lady of the Circus - David Toscana translated by Patricia J. Duncan - 869.1 T6391s:E
  • Travel Advisory: stories of Mexico - David Lida - 813 L6192t
  • The Underdogs: a novel of the Mexican Revolution - Mariano Azuela - 869.1 Az8I:E2002
  • The Zigzag Way - Anita Desai - 823 D45z

Films

  • Appeals to Santiago - VIDREC 291.36 Ap48
  • Art and Revoluntion- Mexico - VIDREC 759.972 Ar75
  • Cadena Perpetua - Spanish with English subtitles - DVD 791.43655 C1143
  • Chicana - VIDREC 305.48 C432
  • Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) - In Spanish with English subtitles - DVD 791.43653 C737
  • El Mariachi - Spanish with English subtitles - VIDREC 791.4372 M3372
  • Mayordomia - VIDREC 305.488976 M454
  • El Peregrinar de las Flores Mexiccanas - Spanish - VIDREC 398.368213 P413
  • La Raiz Olvidada (The Forgotten Root) - Spanish with English subtitles - VIDREC 305.8R137
  • Rojo Amanecer - Spanish - DVD 791.43655 R638
  • Senorita Extraviada - English and Spanish with English subtitles - VIDREC 364.153 Se59
  • Los Tres Garcia - Spanish with subtitles in Spanish, English, French, or Portuguese - DVD 791.43617 T724
  • Understanding Each Other - Q.VIDREC 303.482 Un2
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MUSIC RECORDINGS

The items listed below are located in the Music Library.
2136 Music Building 
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mux/

  • 75 Aniversario Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan - CDISC M1682 M273S4
  • Calypso: vintage songs from the Caribbean - CDISC M1627 P88C355
  • The Caribbean: island songs and dances: recorded in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica - CDISC M1627 E9C3I8
  • Caribbean Party - CDISC M1627 P88C373
  • Caribbean Revels: Haitian rara and Dominican gaga - CDISC M1681 C27
  • Caribbean. The Bahamas: the real Bahamas in music and song, vol. 1 and vol.2 - CDISC M1627 E9C3B3R4 and CDISC M1627 E9C3B3R4v.2
  • Caribbean. Trinidad: the sound of the sun - CDISC M1627 E9C3T7S6
  • Caribbean. West Indies: an island carnival - CDISC M1627 E9C3W4I8
  • Caribe! Caribe! - CDISC M1627 P88C374
  • Latin America. Mexico: fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca - CDISC M127 E9L3M4F5
  • Mariachi Coculense de Cirilo Marmolejo - CDISC M1682 M27M22
  • Mexico - CDISC M1627 P88M49
  • Music of Veracruz: the sones jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto - CDISC M1682P73 M87
  • The Spirit Cries - CDISC M1627 S64
  • Twentieth Century Mexican Symphonic Music. Vol. 1, 2, and 3. - CDISC M1000 T875v.1, CDISC M1000 T875v.2 and CDISC M1000 T875v.3
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