Some GREAT reading materials

On Mexican History: Bonfil Batalla, Guillermo. México Profundo: Reclaiming a Civilization. Carmack, Robert, Janine Gasco and Garry Gossen, eds. The legacy of Mesoamerica: history and culture of a Native American civilization. Chasteen, John. Born in Blood and Fire: a concise history of Latin America. Coe, Michael. From the Olmecs to the Aztecs, and Mexico: Ancient People and Places. El Colegio de México. A Compact History of Mexico León Portilla, Miguel. Broken Spears. Levy, Daniel and K. Bruhn. Mexico, the Struggle for Democratic Development. Restall, Matthew. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. Robinson, Charles. The Spanish Invasion of Mexico 1519-1521. Soustelle, Jacques. Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest. Townsend, Camilla. Malintzin’s choices: an Indian woman in the conquest of Mexico. Zea, Leopoldo. Quinientos Años de Historia, Sentido y Proyección. On Mexican Culture and Arts. Brading, David. Mexican Phoenix: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Image and Tradition, 1531-2000. Castañeda, Jorge, and Robert Pastor. Limits to Friendship. Castañeda, Jorge. Pasado Forever. Fane, Diana et al, eds. Converging cultures: art and identity in Spanish America. Frye, David. Indians into Mexicans: History and Identity in a Mexican Town. García Canclini, Nestor. Culturas Híbridas: Estrategias para Entrar y Salir de la Modernidad. Grimes, Kimberly. Crossing Borders: Changing Social Identities in Southern Mexico. Lida, David. First Stop in the New World, Mexico City: the capital of the XXIst Century. Maciel, David and Herrera-Sobek Maria (editors). Culture Across Borders: Mexican Immigration and Popular Culture. Merrell, Floyd. The Mexicans. Paz, Octavio. The Labyrinth of Solitude. Riding, Alan. Distant Neighbors, A Portrait of Mexicans. Schele Linda, et. al. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman’s Path. Trueba, Enrique. Latinos Unidos: From Cultural Diversity to the Politics of Solidarity. Contemporary Literary Works. Esquivel, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate. A culinary journey through Northern Mexico in revolutionary times. Pérez Reverte, Arturo. The Queen of the South. A novel revealing the underworld of drug smuggling from a woman’s perspective. Velasco, Xavier. Guardian Devil. An irreverent yet refreshing approach to middle class conflicts in urban Mexico. Mexico, a Traveler’s Literary Companion. Ed. by C.M. Mayo. Sliced Iguana, Travels in Mexico. Tree, Isabella. TPP, 2008, London. Travelers’ Tales Mexico. Ed. by O’Reilly & Habbeger. For additional resources for children, you may consult the lists compiled by Gail Greenberg (A Tapestry of Mexico and Peru through Multicultural Children’s Literature, FHSS 2008) and Nelda Brangwin (We’re Moving to Mexico – Where Will We Live? FHSS 2009) on Comexus’ page: www.comexus.org.mx > Becas para Estadounidenses > F.H. Summer Seminar Site > Previous Years.