Spanish: Culture, Film, & Literature

This online resource provides full text access to a large number of literary resources, including books, major encyclopedias, reference works, and literary journals

Includes "entries on topics, countries, leading writers in Latin America from colonial times to the present and detailed articles on important works."

"... draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day."

"Offers entries on writers, works, and topics related to Latin American literature, including survey articles on all of the continent's individual countries. Incorporates literature of the past and that of smaller countries such as Ecuador and Bolivia, writing by Hispanic minorities in the US, the literature of the Francophone Caribbean, and the work of women writers."

Historical survey of Latin American history in 11 volumes. Search by keyword or read chronologically for background information.

"...the first comprehensive reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America. [...] Encompassing the great civilizations of the pre-Columbian era (including the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya peoples) up through the colonial and postcolonial periods, the Encyclopedia covers art, archaeology, religious studies, anthropology, history, and historiography of the region in fully cross-referenced, signed articles by the leading scholars in the discipline."

"This comprehensive encyclopedia covers the reciprocal effects that the politics, foreign policy, and culture of Spain, Portugal, and the American nations have had on one another since the time of Columbus."

"A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion."

"... presents a processual view of Mexican history, society and culture from ancient civilizations to the present day. The primary emphasis is on broad historiographic issues, although the encyclopedia includes many supplementary entries on people and specific events."