The BiblioNoticias Series

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The BiblioNoticias series is an ongoing subject-oriented bibliography to which several new issues are added each year. The series is compiled by staff members at the Benson Latin American Collection and, except where otherwise noted, all materials cited are available in this library. Individual issues in the series address specific subject areas which are considered likely to be of interest to researchers within the field of Latin American Studies. Consequently, although the BiblioNoticias series is collection-specific (i.e., referring only to materials available at the Benson Latin American Collection), it is nonetheless a useful guide for any person wishing to find some initial bibliographic landmarks within a given subject area.

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The Anti-Immigrant Backlash: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1996-03) Gutiérrez, Margo
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the ongoing public debate on immigration has reached new levels resulting in resurgent nativism, along with efforts to withhold public services to immigrants and better regulate movement along the U.S.-Mexico border. The works cited below reflect various viewpoints and represent only a small sampling of the vast body of literature relating to recent immigration from Mexico, its perceived effects on the United States economy and society, and nativist perspectives spawned by the debate.
Argentine Art: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1999-03) Gutiérrez-Witt, Laura
Argentina is a major center for Latin American art where artists thrive, particularly in the vibrant and active cultural milieu of Buenos Aires, but also in the provincial capitals. Known and appreciated around the world, Argentine artists of the twentieth century have consistently absorbed global artistic trends without losing their national identity. Printed works about art and artists are produced by many Argentine publishers: museums, galleries, academic institutions, commercial publishers, and government agencies. This bibliography complements BiblioNoticias no. 94, "Latin American Art: Selected Sources," which lists the more general reference sources covering all or major regions of Latin America. Both bibliographies should be consulted in order to compile a more complete listing of sources on Argentine art.
Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Bibliographic Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1990-03) Gibbs, Donald
The contributions of Blacks have significantly enriched Latin American culture, society and economic development. Published research about and creative writing by Black Latin Americans are similarly extensive and important. Unfortunately, the bibliographic record of these efforts are adequate in only a few areas. To aid students beginning work on this topic, the following list offers a selection of the more useful and comprehensive recent compilations of books and articles. All titles cited are located in the Benson Latin American Collection.
Brazilian Statistics: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1998-09) Hartness, Ann
The following publications were selected to provide a broad thematic variety of statistical sources related to Brazil. Most are recent works--many are published annually--supplemented with censuses and historical sources. The Benson Collection has many other statistical compilations. Many of them can be found in the online catalog under the subject key words listed on page 13.
Business and Industry Directories: Latin America
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1999-05) Schroer, Craig
Business and industrial directories published in the Latin American countries provide hard-to-find data about companies: addresses, telephone numbers, officers, branch offices, and products. A selection of recent directories available at the Benson Latin American Collection is listed below. Unless otherwise indicated, they are located in the Benson Collection stacks. The most recent editions available at the time that this bibliography was compiled were cited. However, new editions arrive frequently and may be available.
Carnival in Brazil: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1997-01) McCann, Katherine
Carnival, the annual celebration before Lent, is perhaps the most widely attended of Brazilian festivals and certainly the most widely recognized internationally. Scholars and writers from various disciplines continue to examine Carnival, Carnaval in Portuguese, as both a reflection and a distortion of national identity. This bibliography is intended to help the reader locate materials that describe the history, music, and images of Carnival, and its role in Brazilian popular culture. Many more sources can be located through the General Libraries' online catalog, UTCAT.
Central Americans in Mexico and the United States: Selected Sources in the Social Sciences
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1990-09) Salinas, M. Alexandra
Central Americans constitute a rapidly growing segment of the population in Mexico and the United States. Their presence has become more apparent since the early 1980s when several hundred thousand Guatemalans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans fled war-torn Central America. To date very few studies have been done on the acculturation of Central Americans into American society; instead their concentrate on immigration policy, migration, and refugees. More studies have been written on the integration of refugees into Mexican society. This bibliography lists many sources in which information about Central Americans in both Mexico and the United States can be found. The sources are located in the Benson Latin American Collection.
Chiapas: Recent Sources for Current Events
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1998-11) Schroer, Craig
This bibliography presents an overview of recent publications relating to the Mayan uprising in Chiapas and to the Zapatista movement, as well as some starting points for locating information on the Internet. Materials are located at or are accessible from the Benson Latin American Collection unless otherwise indicated. In-library users who wish to browse will find the largest grouping of Chiapas-related books at the call number F 1256 in room 2N in the Benson Collection. However, books focusing on specific aspects of the Chiapas conflict may be located in other classification number areas.
Chilean Business: Sources of Information
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1995-11) Schroer, Craig
Capitalizing upon its image as an economically and politically stable country with a variety of promising markets, Chile is energetically campaigning to expand its business presence internationally. Much of the governmental effort has been directed toward petitioning for inclusion in trading blocs such as NAFTA and MERCOSUR, while Chilean business entourages have toured the U.S. on a city-by-city basis seeking to stimulate interest in U.S.-Chilean business collaborations. Both this eagerness to participate in the global economy and Chile's relative stability in the aftermath of the Mexican peso devaluation of December 1994 have further improved perceptions abroad. This bibliography is intended to provide a broad sampling of recent materials pertaining to business in Chile. The majority of materials cited herein are located in the Benson Latin American Collection stacks with a few exceptions as noted.
Christopher Columbus: The Recent Literature
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1992-09) Gutiérrez-Witt, Laura
Christopher Columbus became a public-and controversial-figure the moment his letters of February and March 1493, giving an account of his voyage to the Indies were read by Europeans. Almost immediately, contemporary writers began to write about the mysterious Genoese, his achievements and his motives. Since the 16th century, the Columbian bibliography has grown by many titles, some written to coincide with an anniversary of Columbus's first voyage, others when newly discovered documentation has revealed unknown facts. The 500th anniversary in particular has stimulated the production not only of new biographies and translations but also of bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, novels, poetry, operas, plays, motion pictures, and children's books. This bibliography is a highly selective listing of both popular and research printed sources. Additional titled may be found in the Online Catalog (UTCAT) under COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER as subject and as author.
Contemporary Spanish American Novels in English Translation
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1996-01) Molina Widener, Emma
The following list of Spanish American novels in English translation by authors born since 1920 is a selection of those available in the Benson Latin American Collection.
Cuba in the Post-Cold War Years: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1995-05) Hannigan, Thomas
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 ended its enormous economic support to the island of Cuba. As a result Cuba experienced, and continues to experience, rapidly deteriorating economic conditions. This changing environment has caused much analysis, speculation, scholarship, and publication in the fields of economics, political and social sciences, and business. This bibliography focuses on changing economic conditions in Cuba as a result of the dissolution of the USSR.
Cultural Magazines: Latin America and the Caribbean
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1997-03) Delepiani, Oscar E.
This bibliography is a guide to current cultural magazines in the Benson Latin American Collection. Cultural magazines, as defined here, are those containing articles on cultural topics related to the country of publication; that is, the arts, literature, history, and the humanities in general. These magazines, intended for the general reader, are usually published by cultural institutions, public or private, and by universities. They are often well illustrated and elegant in presentation, but of irregular frequency. To find additional similar periodicals in UTCAT, search the name of the country plus the words, "Civilization Periodicals" (Argentina Civilization Periodicals), as a subject in UTCAT, the online catalog. The most recent issues of the magazines which are starred (*) are located in the Periodicals Reading Area, shelved alphabetically under their titles, while older issues are in the Benson Collection stacks under their classification numbers. Unstarred magazines are located in the stacks.
Curanderismo: Folk Healing in the Mexican American Community
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1999-09) Gutiérrez, Margo
Traditional folk healing practices continue to be viable and prevalent in the Mexican American community. The study of curanderismo and related folk medical practices encompasses several disciplines: anthropology, folklore, sociology, psychology, medicine, and history. This bibliography makes no attempt to be comprehensive; it is merely meant to provide readers with a sampling of titles geared, for the most part, to the non-specialist. Note that works listed here are generally limited to curanderismo and related fields in the Mexican American community. Additional sources for curanderismo can be found in the online catalog under the subjects, Mexican American folk medicine; Folk medicine; Healers; Herbs–Therapeutic use; Medicinal plants, and Mexican Americans–Health and hygiene.
Current News Sources for Latin America and the Caribbean Area
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1994-01) Delepiani, Oscar E.
The purpose of this guide is to provide a list of periodicals which cover news about Latin American and Caribbean countries. Not included are journals which emphasize culture or history, or scholarly and research journals. Also excluded are news magazine intended primarily for Hispanic readers in the United States. Only titles currently received in the Benson Collection are listed but the library holds many similar periodicals, no longer received, which may be found through the online catalog, UTCAT.
Drug Trafficking in the Americas: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 2000-11) Schroer, Craig
The topic of illegal drugs and drug trafficking spans a multitude of disciplines, including economics, political science, media studies, sociology, psychology, and health. As a result, researchers are faced with an abundance of materials when embarking on a study. This bibliography of selected works provides a sampling of materials published since 1990. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are located in the Benson Latin American Collection.
Drugs in the Andean Region and Mexico: Selected Sources
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1991-01) Salamanca-Speers, Nidia
This bibliography focuses on the drug traffic (or narcotraffic) and drug abuse in the Andean region and Mexico, areas of Latin America where they have become important issues and causes of concern because of their impact upon individuals, societies, and international relations. Although recent publications are emphasized here, there are many others about these and other Latin American countries which can be accessed by a search of the online catalog (UTCAT) or the card catalog under the subject headings DRUG TRAFFIC, DRUG ABUSE, COCA, COCAINE, MARIHUANA, and DRUGS and its subdivisions, many of which refer to illegal drugs. All of the books cited below are located in the Benson Latin American Collection.
Ecotourism in Latin America
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1999-11) Schroer, Craig
In the past decade, the idea of ecotourism as a means of combining sustainable development with ecological protection has garnered a good deal of attention from several different quarters including environmentalists, indigenous peoples, business people and government agencies. This bibliography is intended as a guide to the holdings available at the Benson Collection and, in a few instances, elsewhere on campus. As new titles are added to the collection they will be accessible through the library catalog by doing a subject search on "ecotourism."
Electronic Information Sources at the Benson Latin American Collection
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1998-08) Schroer, Craig
This annotated list is intended as a practical guide to quickly locating databases containing information relevant to Latin American studies. All databases listed are available in the Benson Latin American Collection and anyone may use them. Many of these resources are also available in other UT campus libraries on "UT Library Online" (UTLOL) computer workstations or via web access for users with valid UT ID (or a UT computer account).
Ethnobotany in Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography
(Benson Latin American Collection, 1997-11) Aguirre, Hervé Gabriel
The discovery of the New World resulted in the discovery and subsequent utilization of many new species of plants, such as potato, avocado, chocolate, and coca. Ethnobotany, the study of the use of plants by native people and the relationship to their environment, has been a part of the literature of the New World since the sixteenth century. Bernardino de Sahagún, a Franciscan friar, was first to examine the plant use of the Nahua. Since then, many others have studied the relationship of the people of Mexico to their environment. The publications listed here are located in the Benson Latin American Collection stacks, unless otherwise indicated.

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