Emory Libraries is pleased to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place each year between September 15 and October 15. This event commemorates the important contributions of Americans who trace their roots to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean and Spain.
Cover of the novel “The Place of the White Heron”
Did you know that there are more than 60 million people who identify as Hispanic in the United States today?
In 1968, Congress authorized the President to issue an annual proclamation observing a National Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, this became a month-long commemoration. National Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, the day that the nations of Central American (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica) celebrate their independence. Mexico (September 16) and Chile (September 18) also mark their independence days during the period. Día de la Raza, or Columbus Day (October 12), also occurs in this 30-day interval.
This blog post showcases some of the Emory Libraries’ new resources that contain content created by and for Hispanic American communities.
Online media
Current digital newspapers – Emory Libraries recently subscribed to PressReader, a digital platform where users can read publications in their original print format. Press Reader includes several important Spanish language daily/weekly newspapers from the US and Puerto Rico including El Diario (New York), La Opinión (Los Angeles), La Raza (Chicago) and El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico). Log in to PressReader.
Streaming video – The Pragda Stream collection is a recent addition to Emory’s growing collection of streaming video platforms. Pragda Stream features videos that are representative of the range of diverse cultures of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, with selections in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English and Indigenous languages. The collection currently has almost 800 feature films, documentaries, and episodes of television programs. Search results can be limited exclusively to the platform’s holdings. Latinx content.
Recently published books
“Detained : A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience” by D. Esperanza is a 13-year-old boy’s memoir of his detention experience on the US-Mexico border under the family separation policy.
“So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color” by Uruguayan American writer Caro de Robertis tells the stories of trans and non-gender conforming elders of color.
“Guatemalan Rhapsody: Stories” is the debut short story collection by University of North Carolina English & Comparative Literature Professor Jared Lemus.
—by Phil MacLeod, subject librarian for Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American Studies