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This four-volume series is edited by noted scholars Nicolas Kanellos (University of House) and Claudio Esteva Fabregat (University of Barcelona). Kanellos, literary historian, and Esteva, anlhropologist have assembled a team of outstanding scholars to bring together comprehensive studies on all aspects of U.S. Hispanic culture in the following disciplines: Volume I, Literature and Art, edited by Francisco Lomeli (University of California-Santa Barbara); Volume II, History, edited by Alfredo Jimenez (University of Seville); Volume III, Sociology, edited by Felix Padilla (Northeastern University); Volume IV, Anthropology, edited by Thomas Weaver (University of Arizona).
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Given the extent of its coverage, this four-volume set is the most important general reference publication on the Hispanic population of the United States to date. Assembled by a team of 65 scholars under the general editorship of Kanellos (literature, Univ. of Houston and publisher of Arte Publico) and Esteva-Fabregat (anthropology, Univ. of Barcelona), it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Latino culture in four general areas: history, anthropology, literature and art, and sociology. The articles, written primarily by scholars of Hispanic origin, give descriptive and synoptic information as well as important bibliographic citations. In the anthropology volume, a chapter on food and dietary adaptations comes as a pleasant surprise. The literature volume has excellent summaries of past work and research but also explores innovative directions in the field. The sociology volume is broad in is coverage, including both political discussion and examinations of the social structure of the Latino community; there are also chapters on the Hispanic woman and her role in the community. Because this work is sponsored by Madrid's Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana, it is perhaps not surprising that the history volume focuses almost entirely on the colonial period up to 1847, when areas of Mexico became part of the United States. While the result is an admirable understanding of the the region's early history, it is out of line with more recent publications, which focus on the American period. In fact, that period is covered in a mere 20 pages, with two brief articles on Puerto Ricans and Cubans-scant coverage that belies the richness and complexity of the antecedents of America's Hispanic population. A final drawback is that the four volumes should have been edited more closely to insure better coverage and eliminate duplication. Despite these problems, the set offers the broadest coverage available of any reference work currently available, including two recent histories of the Hispanic population: Matt Meier's Mexican Americans, American Mexicans (Hill & Wang, 1993. rev. ed.) and Carey McWilliams's North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States (Greenwood, 1990. rev. ed). Essential for academic and public libraries with interest in Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States.
Mark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Ut.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Mark L. Grover, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Ut.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherArte Publico Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1558851038
- ISBN 13 9781558851030
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages2000
- EditorKanellos Brown Foundation Professor Of Hispanic Literature Nicolas, Fabregat Claudio E
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