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REFERENCE SOURCES
Cambridge History of Latin America REF F 1410.C1834
See “Dominican Republic since 1930” vol. VII p. 509 (good on Trujillo!)
See “Dominican Republic 1870-1930” vol. V p. 287
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture REF F 1406.E53
See “Dominican Republic” vol. 2 p. 393; “Gender and Sexuality” vol. 3 p. 49
See “Colonialism” vol. 2 p. 527
Encyclopedia of Psychology REF BF 31.E52
See “Suicide,” vol. 7, p. 509
Encyclopedia of Suicide REF HV 6545.E87
See “Teenage Suicide,” p. 226
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT 103.E56
See “Rafael Leonidas Trujillo” vol. 15 p. 313
Latino and Latina Writers
See “Julia Alvarez” vol. 2 p. 783; “Junot Diaz” vol. 2 p. 803
REF PS 153.H56 L39
Literary Cultures of Latin America
REF PQ 7081.A1 L525
See “Santo Domingo” vol. 2 p. 381 (good on political, cultural and social history)
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the US
See “Machismo” vol. 3 p. 32; “Masculinity” vol. 3 p. 86
REF E 184.S75 O97
BOOKS
Alvarez, Julia
Homecoming: new and collected poems. New York: Plume, 1996. Print.
PS3551.L845 H6 1996
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents. New York: Plume, 1992. Print.
PS3551.L845 H66 1992
In the Name of Salomé: a novel. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2000. Print.
PS3551.L845 I45 2000

In the Time of the Butterflies. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1994. Print.
PS3551.L845 I5 1994
The Other Side=El Otro Lado. New York: Dutton, 1995. Print. PS3551.L845 O84 1995
Return to Sender. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2009. Print. PZ7.A48 Re 2009
Something to Declare. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1998. Print.
PS3551.L845 Z47 1998
Yo! New York: Plume, 1997. Print. PS3551.L845 Y6 1997
Caribbean area-History-fiction
Chamoiseau, Patrick. Texaco. New York: Vintage International, 1998. Print.
PQ3949.2.C45 T4913 1998
Cofer, Judith.
The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry. New York: Norton and Company, 1995.
Print. PS3565.R7737 L37 1995
Comic books, strips, etc.
(key words: comic books; graphic novels; manga (art))
Jones, Gerard. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book.
New York: Basic Books, 2005. Print. PN6725 .J664 2005
Versaci, Rocco. This Book Contains Graphic Language: Comics as Literature.
New York: Continuum, 2007. Print. PN6714 .V47 2007
Wright, Bradford. Comic Book Nation: the Transformation of Youth Culture in
America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Print.
PN6725 .W74 2003
Diaz, Junot
Drown. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. Print. PS3554.I259 D76 1996
Latino Boom: An Anthology of US Latino Literature. New York:
Pearson, 2006. Print. PS508.H57 L39 2006
Dominican Republic
Footscray, Vic. Dominican Republic and Haiti (Lonely Planet). Oakland, CA:
Lonely Planet Publications, 2008. Print. F1931 .D658 2008
Dominican Republic-Economic conditions
Gregory, Steven. The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the
Dominican Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Print.
HF 1502. G74 2007

Dominican Republic-History
(key words: Trujillato; Rafael Leonidas Trujillo; dictator)
Turits, Richard Lee. Foundations of Depotism: Peasants, Trujillo Regime, and
Modernity in Dominican Republic History. Stanford: University of Stanford
Press, 2003. Print. HD1531.D6 T87 2003
Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Feast of the Goat. New York: Picador, 2002. Print. (fiction)
PQ8498.32.A65 F5413 2002
Dominican Republic-Politics and government
(additional key words: Trujillato; Rafael Leonidas Trujillo; dictator)
Peguero, Valentina. The Militarization of Culture in the Dominican Republic.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2004. Print. F1938.4 .P44 2004
Sellers, Julie. Merengue and Dominican Identity. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and
Company, 2004. Print. GV 1796.M45 S45 2004
Dominican Republic-Relations-Haiti
Wucker, Michele. Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for
Hispaniola. New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1999. Print.
F 1938.25.H2 W83 1999
Dominican Republic-Social conditions
Gregory, Steven. The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the
Dominican Republic. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Print.
HF 1502. G74 2007
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century
Hoffnung-Garskof, Jesse. A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after
1950. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008. Print.
F128.9.D6 H64 2008
Rinker, Kimberly. Immigration from the Dominican Republic. Philadelphia:
Mason Crest Publishers, 2004. Print. E184.D6 R56 2004
Ethnicity—Dominican Republican
Candelario, Ginetta. Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from
Museums to Beauty Shops. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.
Print. F1941.B55 C36 2007
Simmons, Kimberly. Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in
Dominican Republic. Gainsville: University Press of Florida, 2009. Print.
F1941.B55 S56 2009

Hispanic American Women—Social conditions
Davidds-Garrido, Yasmin. Empowering Latinas: Breaking Boundaries, Freeing Lives.
Granite Bay, CA: Penmarin Books, 2001. Print. (order)E184.S75 D35 2001
Trinch, Shonna. Latinas Narratives of Domestic Abuse. Philadelphia: John Benjamins
Publisher, 2003.
Ebook P40.45.U5
Imperialism-History-19 th Century/ 20 th Century
(keywords: colonialism; imperialism; colonization)
Judis, John B. The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. New York: Scribner, 2004. Ebook.
Lawson, Gary. The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American
Legal History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Ebook.
Love, T.L. Race over Empire: Racism and U.S. imperialism, 1865-1900.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. Ebook.
Miller, Alexei and Alfred Rieber (eds.) Imperial Rule. New York: Central
European Press, 2004. Ebook.
Rierder, John. Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction. Middleton, CT:
Wesleyan University Press, 2008 . Print. PS374.S35 R45 2008
Spanos, William V. America’s Shadow: An Anatomy of Empire. Minneapolis:
University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Ebook.
Latin America-Relations-United States
Brewer, Stewart. Borders and Bridges: a History of US-Latin American Relations.
Westport: Praeger Security International, 2006. Print. F1418.B815 2006
Coerver, Don. Tangled Destinies: Latin America and the United States. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico, 1999. Print. On order F1418.C662 1999
Machismo—United States
González, Ray. Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood. New York:
Anchor Books, 1996. Print. E184.S75 M59 1997
Mirandé, Alfredo. Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. Print E184.S75 M59 1997
Perez, Loida Maritza
Geographies of Home: A Novel. London: Penguin Books, 2000. Print.
PS3566.E691335 G46 2000

Racism in language
Delgado, Richard. Understanding Words That Wound. Boulder: Westview Press,
2004. Print. KF9345 .D45 2004
Science fiction—history and criticism
James, Edward. The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. New York:
Cambridge, 2003 Print. PN3377.5.S3 C36 2003
Rierder, John. Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction. Middleton, CT:
Wesleyan University Press, 2008 . Print. PS374.S35 R45 2008
Roberts, Adam. The History of Science Fiction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan,
2007. Print. PN3433.8 .R55 2007
Sex tourism
(key words: prostitution; sex workers)
Cabezas, Amalia. Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican
Republic. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Print.
HQ161.A5 C33 2009
Padilla, Mark. Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the
Dominican Republic. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Print.
HQ162.5.A5 P33 2007
Suicide
(key words: suicidal behavior; suicide prevention; teenagers—suicidal behavior)
Joiner, Thomas. Why People Die by Suicide. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University
Press, 2005. Print. HV6546.J65 2005
King, Robert and Alan Apter (eds). Suicide in Children and Adolescents. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2003. Print. (ORDER) RJ 506.S9 2003
Woods, Dorris S. Breaking Point: Fighting to End America’s Teenage Suicide
Epidemic. Victoria, BC: Trafford, 2006. Print. HV 6546.W663 2006
FILMS
Material housed in the Media Center is available for faculty and staff check out only.
Students wishing to view any Media Center materials can go to a study room or
viewing carrel located throughout the library. Call Media at 480.732.7022 to request
a film. The film will be played on the tv located at that carrel or in the study room for
students to watch.
Balseros E184.C97 B35 2005
The true account of seven Cuban refugees (and their families) who attempted to
immigrate to America via a series of homemade rafts.

Congo pa ti
on order
Dreams Ensnared Media JV7395 .D74 1994
Discusses the mass immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic
due to the poor economic conditions there. Includes interviews with people,
primarily women, who have emigrated and gives details on the hardships the
travelers endure.
El Poder del Jefe: Trujillo
on order
These award-winning trilogy of documentaries by consummate film-maker Rene
Fortunato introduce us to the time and circumstances of the "Trujillo Era". Comprised
entirely of films and images from the time, these documentaries are intended to give
viewers an objective image of the Dominican's recent past.
Fiestas de Palos
on order
Hispanics: the changing role of women Media E184.S75 H5742 2002
In this program, several prominent Latina women, including author Isabel Allende
and actress Jennifer Lopez, discuss their changing role within the context of
Hispanic family values, male machismo, and the traditional role of females as the
center of family and community life. Also examines the issue from the male
perspective.
In the Time of the Butterflies PN1997 .I487 2002
An idealistic young woman falls for a rebel leader and takes on a murderous
dictator. This is based on the story of the Mirabal sisters, whose deaths became the
final blow to the regime of Leonidas Trujillo, who was assassinated six months later.
La Historia Oficial/The Official Story Media PN1997 .H5842 1998
The wife of an Argentinian businessman faces the ultimate challenge when she
begins to suspect that her own daughter, adopted at birth, may have been stolen
from a family of "los desaparecidos".
My American Girls Media F128.9.D6 M9 2001
Dominicans are New York's largest and fastest growing immigrant group, yet there
are few films about the Dominican-American experience. This documentary
chronicles the lives of a family from the Dominican Republic, the Ortizes.
The New Americans JK1759 .N49 2009
Follows four years of the lives of a group of contemporary immigrants as they journey to
start new lives in America, including a couple from India, a Mexican meatpacker, two
families of Nigerian refugees, two baseball players from the Dominican Republic, and a
newly-wed Palestinian woman.

Rumbo a las grandes ligas /Road to the Big Leagues GV865.A1 R86 2009
This inspirational and joyous film charts the course of talented baseball hopefuls
from the Dominican Republic to the big leagues.
Sugar (the story of Miguel Santos) PN1997 .S85557 2009
Miguel “Sugar” Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break
into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his
impoverished family.
WEBSITES
When you are using websites, you must verify the information’s reliability.
The Annotated Oscar Wao
www.annotated-oscar-wao.com
Junot Diaz website
http://www.junotdiaz.com/
Lannan Organization’s conversations with Junot Diaz
2009 http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/junot-diaz/
2005 http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/edwidge-danticat/
PBS’s The New Americans
www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/newamericans.html
New York Times Book Review
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/books/review/Scott-t.html
World Literature Today interview with Diaz
www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2008march/Junot-Diazs.htm
kcc 10/09