This guide offers an introduction to Hispanic Studies resources at UMSL Libraries. It is intended as a starting point for your research, rather than a comprehensive guide to all library materials. Undergraduate and new graduate students may find this guide particularly useful.
Navigate using the left-side tabs. You will find help with:
You are invited to contact the library at any time with questions about searching for / accessing resources! Purchase recommendations are welcome from UMSL faculty, staff, and students.
The memoirs of the renowned Mexican author, Laura Esquivel, sprinkled with her nostalgia for the past, but centered on her hopes for the present times.
How Latinx artists around the US adopted the medium of printmaking to reclaim the lands of the Americas.
How a constellation of Latin American artists explored the body, power, and emancipation--and expanded the meanings of feminist art.
Pocos meses después de su viaje de novios y sin aún haber podido, o querido, adaptarse a su cambio de estado, Juan se entera casi sin querer de que Teresa, la primera mujer de su padre, se quitó la vida al regreso de su propia luna de miel. Sólo una persona conoce el por qué y ha guardado durante años ese oscuro secreto.
Tita De la Garza confides in her diary the secrets she wishes she could share, her memories, and the recipes she does not prepare.
Explores the representations of gender, sexuality, and urban space in contemporary narratives from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. By examining a corpus of novels published since 2000, this book shows how the changes in urban landscape create a new image of the city that destroys traditional gender roles and produces different discourses on sexuality.