ROML 052: Music, Film, and Art Resources
Music
August/September
Hip-hop and Rap
Mellow Man Ace
The Godfather of Latin Rap and member of the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame.
- Original video for his famous song, Mentirosa, from the 1989 album Escape from Havana.
Kid Frost
One of the first Chicano rappers.
- Video for La Raza, Kid Frost's most famous song from his 1990 album Hispanic Causing Panic.
Cypress Hill
One of the most successful Latino hip-hop groups, with 15 multi-platinum, platinum and gold records.
- Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa. "Taking Control and Being Real With the Men of Cypress Hill." Los Angeles Times. 25 April 2000: F2. 9 August 2007. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
Bogdanov, Vladimir, ed. All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2003.
Fricke, Jim. Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-Hop's First Decade. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2002.
Perkins, William Eric, ed. Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
Reggaetón
Calle 13
Puerto Rican step-brothers who combine hip-hop and reggaetón with other forms of Latin music. Winners of three Latin Grammies.
- Wald, Elijah. "Mixing It Up in the Street; The Songs of the Puerto Rican Duo Calle 13 Are a Collage of Latin Music." Los Angeles Times. 31 May 2007: E10. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Charnas, Dan. "Daddy Yankee, Undisputed 'Boss' Of Reggaeton." Washington Post. 5 June 2007: C1. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Corbett, Sara. "The King of Reggaeton". New York Times Magazine. 5 February 2006: 40. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Gurza, Agustin. "Don Omar Takes Reggaeton Higher. Los Angeles Times. 28 October 2006: E10. 9 August 2007. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Ben-Yehuda, Ayala."Breaking and Entering: Notch." Billboard.com. June 29, 2007.
- Butler, Quinee."Notch: Helping to Redefine Reggaeton." Reggaetonline.net. July 12, 2007.
- Gurza, Agustin. "The Reputed Rebel of Reggaeton". Los Angeles Times. 3 December 2005: E1. 9 August 2007. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 9 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>
October
- Small, Mark. "Juan Luis Guerra: Tropical Music Superstar". Bt: Berklee Today 17:1(2005). 9 August 2007.
- Boricua en la Luna. The lyrics of this song by Fiel a la Vega express the patriotic feeling of a "boricua," a Puerto Rican. Original poem by Puerto Rican poet and journalist, Juan Antonio Corretjer.
- Lyrics for the song El Wanabí
- Video for the song El Wanabí.
- Words, in Spanish and English, for the song Latinos en Estados Unidos sung by Celia Cruz.
- National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. ¡Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz. 9 August 2007.
- Celia Cruz: La Reina de Salsa. From the BBCMundo.com series Un Siglo, Diez Historias with audio clips of Cruz's songs, the audio of the entire program devoted to Cruz, and photos. En español.
November
- Cash, Johnny. Cash: The Autobiography. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.
- Leopold, Todd. "‘Man in Black’ Johnny Cash dead at 71." CNN.com. 12 September 2003. 9 August 2007.
- "Rubén Blades" from Gale Hispanic Heritage - Biographies.
- YouTube video with Rubén Blades talking about and performing his song, "Tiburon", which expresses his opposition to intervention in Central and South America.
December
- Fernandez, Sandy M. "Jenny's Image On the Block; Latinos Say Lopez Is Selling a Shift in Culture". Washington Post. 21 May 2005: C1. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 10 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Dreisinger, Baz. J. Lo's ethnic sleight-of-hand; Just like her 'Maid in Manhattan' character, the star slips her 'Latin-ness' on and off at will. Los Angeles Times . 22 December 2002: E18. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 10 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- "Gloria Estefan" from Gale Hispanic Heritage - Biographies.
- Harringon, Richard. "Miami Voice; How Shy, Cuban-Born Gloria Estefan Came to Power the Sound Machine". Washington Post. 17 July 1998: G1. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 10 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
Film
Berg, Charles Ramírez. Latino images in film: stereotypes, subversion, & resistance. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.
Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia. Brown celluloid: Latino/a film icons and images in the Hollywood film industry. New York: Vantage Press, 2003.
Rodriguez, Clara E. Heroes, lovers, and others: the story of Latinos in Hollywood. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2004.
Graphic Art
August/September
Urban art and street art: murals and graffiti
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles: Index and Photos of Murals in Los Angeles County
A list of murals in and around Los Angeles with photos where available.
Rahn, Janice. Painting Without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture. Westport, Connecticut: Bergin & Garvey, 2002.
October
Museums
MOMA: Museum of Modern Art, New York
A preeminent modern art museum of the U.S.
MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
A modern art museum in Los Angeles.
Comics and Cartoonists
Sergio Aragonés
Award-winning cartoonist, born in Spain, living in the U.S. since 1962.
Lalo Alcaraz/La Cucaracha
Alcaraz is a cartoonist. La Cucaracha is his nationally syndicated comic.
November
Architecture and Industrial Design
Architectonica
A large, Latino-owned architecture firm.
Spillis Candela DMJM
A large design firm founded in Miami in 1926.
December
Performance Art and Theatre
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Mexican-born performance artist and writer living in San Francisco. Director of the performance art organization La Pocha Nostra.
Roberto Sifuentes
Performance artist from Los Angeles, now living in New York.
Culture Clash
Chicano/Latino comedy and performance group. In 1993 they starred in the first Latino sketch comedy show on U.S. Television, which aired on Fox in several markets.
- "20 Year of Culture Clash": An Online Exhibit
- Weinstein, Steve. "Culture Clash's Sitcom Saga Television: The Comedy Trio's Failed Attempt to Launch a Prime-time Comedy Series Illustrates Some of the Obstacles Facing Latinos, They Contend.". Los Angeles Times. 8 January 1992: F1. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 13 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.
- Gurza, Agustin. "Culture Clash: In a Class of Its Own at UCLA; A Course Embraces the Chicano Trio That Has Turned the Spotlight on Barrio-based Theater". Los Angeles Times. 27 February 2007: E3. ProQuest Newspapers. ProQuest. Davis Library, UNC Chapel Hill. 13 August 2007. <http://www.proquest.com>.