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Cecilia's Magical Mission

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Everyone in 14-year-old Cecilia’s Mexican-American community has a special gift or talent

K-12

“CECILIA’S MAGICAL MISSION”

by Viola Canales

Reading Level: Young Adult

Publisher: Arte Público Press

ISBN-13: 978-1558858770

Everyone in 14-year-old Cecilia’s Mexican-American community has a special gift or talent. But Cecilia can’t figure out hers, and she really needs to since her confirmation is coming up. The truth is, Cecilia doesn’t really believe people have celestial gifts. Her opinion begins to change, however, when she gets apprenticed to Doña Faustina, who has a magic way with coffee. Soon, Cecilia realizes that her apprenticeship involves something more sinister than a mystical brew! And on a trip back to the village of Santa Cecilia, she and her friends learn about friendship, community, and the powers of good and evil.

 

“EL BAILE DE OCTAVO Y OTROS RECUERDOS / THE EIGHTH GRADE DANCE AND OTHER MEMORIES”

by Ada De Jesús

Reading Level: Young Adult

Publisher: Arte Público Press

ISBN-13: 978-1558858855

Eleven-year-old Ada De Jesús was on the cusp of her teens when she moved to Chicago from Puerto Rico. Hurricane Hugo had just decimated the island, and her father couldn’t find a job. Constantly exposed to new things, she developed a resilience that served her well. Ada discovered that students in her new school were frequently disrespectful to their teachers, and she often felt like a two-year-old as she grappled with a completely new language. In addition, she had to deal with all the issues familiar to teenage girls: the growth of body hair, pimples, menstruation and of course boys!

 

“JUMPING OFF TO FREEDOM”

by Anilú Bernardo

Reading Level: Young Adult

Publisher: Arte Público Press

ISBN-13: 978-1558850880

The dictatorship in Cuba has left young David Leal and his family no other recourse than to join the thousands of balseros plunging their rafts into the sea in hopes of reaching the Florida coast.  In order to brave the voyage, David and his father must leave half of the family behind with promises to send for them after securing jobs and housing. They are pitted against the forces of nature, storms, sharks, hunger, thirst and the chaos brought on by two uncontrollable traveling companions.  When David’s father becomes ill the young man is left to face everything by himself. 

“A PROMISE TO KEEP”

by Mario Bencastro

Reading Level: Young Adult

Publisher: Arte Público Press

ISBN-13: 978-1558854574

Sergio finds himself between two countries. When he was 6, his family emigrated from Central America to Los Angeles and has lived there since. At 16, Sergio feels he has grown up without a homeland. Sergio has spent many years under the strong and powerful influence of his grandfather who lived with Sergio and his family. Before he died, Grandfather told Sergio his wish: after living in a foreign country for many years, he wants to be buried in El Salvador, his native land. Sergio’s fight to honor his mentor’s wish lands him in an adventure full of unexpected disasters.

Higher Education

“DEADLINE: POPULISM AND THE PRESS IN VENEZUELA”

by Robert Samet

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 978-0226633565

Since 2006, Venezuela has had one of the highest levels of gun violence in the world. Former president Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, downplayed the extent of violent crime and instead emphasized rehabilitation. His successor, President Nicolás Maduro, took the opposite approach, declaring an all-out war on crime (mano dura). What accounts for this drastic shift toward more punitive measures? In “DEADLINE” anthropologist Robert Samet answers this question by focusing on the relationship between populism, the press and what he calls “the will to security.” He shows how the media shaped the politics of security from the ground up.

“MAKING MUSIC INDIGENOUS: POPULAR MUSIC IN THE PERUVIAN ANDES”

by Joshua Tucker

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 978-0226607160

In contemporary Peru, indigenous chimaycha music has become a wildly popular genre that is even heard in the nightclubs of Lima. In “MAKING MUSIC INDIGENOUS,” Joshua Tucker traces the history of this music and its key performers more than 50 years to show that there is no single way to “sound indigenous.” The musicians Tucker follows make indigenous culture and identity visible in contemporary society by establishing a cultural and political presence for Peru’s indigenous peoples through activism, artisanship, and performance. Tucker argues that by following the musicians that have championed chimaycha music, we can trace shifting meanings of indigeneity.

“HOLLYWOOD IN HAVANA: US CINEMA AND REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM IN CUBA BEFORE 1959”

by Megan Feeney

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 978-0226593555

Hollywood was seemingly everywhere in pre-Castro Havana, and “HOLLYWOOD IN HAVANA” uses this historical backdrop to ask: Did exposure to half a century of Hollywood pave the way for the Cuban Revolution of 1959? Megan Feeney argues that the freedom fighting extolled in American WWII dramas and the rebellious values and behaviors seen in postwar film noir helped condition Cuban audiences to expect and demand purer forms of Cuban democracy and national sovereignty. At the same time, influential Cuban intellectuals worked to translate Hollywood ethics into revolutionary rhetoric, which led to critiques and subversions of the U.S. presence in Cuba.

“GUERRILLA MARKETING: COUNTERINSURGENCY AND CAPITALISM IN COLOMBIA”

by Alexander L. Fattal

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 978-0226590509

“GUERRILLA MARKETING” details the Colombian government’s efforts to transform Marxist guerrilla fighters in the FARC into consumer citizens. Alexander L. Fattal shows how the market has become one of the principal grounds on which counterinsurgency warfare is waged and post-conflict futures are imagined in Colombia. This case study illuminates a larger phenomenon: the convergence of marketing and militarism in the 21st century. Taking a global view of information warfare, it combines archival research and extensive fieldwork not just with the Colombian Ministry of Defense and former rebel communities, but also with political exiles in Sweden and peace negotiators in Havana.

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