Friday, September 26, 2008

The Transnational 1898: From José Martí to Gregorio Cortez

I. José Martí (1853-1895)

A. "Versos Sencillos" reinterpreted by Pablo Milanés


B. The Lives of José Martí on Youtube (composer, Pablo Casals)



C. Martí and Cuban (American) Cultural Memory, Celia Cruz, "Guantanamera"



II. Gregorio Cortez y la tradición del corrido


A. Robert M. Young, dir., The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)



B. " Joaquin Murrieta" Corrido (Parte I y II)



C. "Pancho Villa" Corrido

Monday, September 22, 2008

"Manifest Destinies"


XIX c. Visions of the West

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

U.S. Latino Studies and Transnational Subjectivity

Daddy Yankee, "Oye mi canto"