Reference Sources

Latin American and Caribbean Studies 195 -- Hispanic Feminisms

These are printed and online sources you can use for a topic overview or introduction, a biographical entry, or maybe for the definition of a term.

Some of the most useful encyclopedia sources for this course's multidisciplinary subject matter are available only in printed form in the library's Reference collection (Main Floor). 

Books on Latin American history fall within the F 1400-F 3799 call number range.  Of these, probably the most important is:

• Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture.  Scribner's.
  REF F 1406.E53 1996    (5 volumes)         

Books on Spanish-language literature are shelved in the PQ 6001-PQ 8929 call number area.  Perhaps the most valuable resources here are:

• Literary Cultures of Latin America.  Oxford University Press.   REF PQ 7081.A1 L525 2004   (3 volumes)
• Cambridge History of Latin American Literature.  Cambridge University Press.   REF PQ 7081.C35 1996  (3 volumes)

The library is developing a collection of online reference works (ebooks), including the following:

Literature of Latin America.    Greenwood.

Available online.

Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature.  Routledge.

Available online.

Notable Latino Writers.   Salem Press.

Available online.

Iberia And The Americas: Culture, Politics, And History.   ABC-Clio.

Available online.

Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion.   Gale.

Available online.

Routledge Companion To Feminism And Postfeminism.  Routledge.

Available online.

Additional online reference works are available in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Literature and Language, and Women's Studies.