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Audiobooks, Bullfighting & Running, Dance & Music, General, Gypsies, Holidays, Marriage & Wedding, Quinceaneras
Audiobooks:
All-audio Spanish. Basic-intermediate.
CFCC Library AudioBook PC 4121 .A45 2002
Conversational Spanish.
CFCC Library AudioBook PC 4121 .C66 2005
Just listen 'n' learn Spanish.
CFCC Library AudioBook PC 4121.R357 2003
Learn Spanish the fast and fun way.
CFCC Library AudioBook PC 4121 .H38 2003
Spanish: beyond the basics.
CFCC Library AudioBook PC 4121 .S636 2005
Bullfighting & Running:
Internet Resources:
Bullfighting Is Dead! Long Live the Bullfight! - NY Times article
Bull Run - city of Pamplona
History of the Pamplona Bull Run
Spain-info.com - Bull Fight in Spain.
Don Quijote.org - Origins and History of Bullfighting.
Articles on Bullfighting & Running from NC Live:
Freedman, Lew. “Bullfighting in Spain: An artist at work”. Chicago Tribune (IL); 07/26/2002. Database: Newspaper Source.
McCormick, John. “The Bullfight Gentrified.” Society. v.34 issue 4, May/June 1997: 48-50. Database: Academic Search Premier.
[Bullfighting] “Serious in the Afternoon.”American Spectator. v.38 issue 6. July/August 2005. Database: Academic Search Premier.
"Spanish Test.” Chicago Tribune. July 16, 2002; Database: America’s Newspapers.
Jones, Benjamin. “Ruining with Running.” Europe; Nov 95 Issue 351, p40, 2p. Database: Academic Search Premier.
Dance & Music:
Spanish Gypsy and Flamenco Dance History
General:
Babel Fish - translation website provided by Yahoo!
Spanish--British Broadcasting Company - provides Spanish language tutorials through audio and video.
Country Studies - The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
Gypsies:
Gypsies—Roma (people)
Holidays:
Internet Resources:
Christmas—Mexico.
Celebrating Christmas in Mexico—Posadas.
Christmas—Spain.
Cinco De Mayo
What Do Mexicans Celebrate on Cinco De Mayo (May 5th)
Mexico’s Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead
Holy Week - Mexican Holidays: Semana Santa
Holy Week—Mexico
Holy Week—Spain
Articles on Holidays NC Live:
Holy Week
Bearing the weight: Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala.
by Barbara McClatchie Andrews. WORLD & I. April 2000, pp. 216-225.
Database: SIRS.
Holy Week—Spain
Hope, Sandrine. “Semana Santa in Spain”. Skipping Stones; Mar/Apr 2005,
v.17 issue 2, p12-13.Database: MasterFILE Premier.
Holy Week—Mexico
Williams, Colleen Madonna Flood. “Religious Observances: Pinatas and Posadas”. Festivals of Mexico; 2003, p26-35. Database: MasterFILE Premier.
Marriage & Wedding Traditions:
Internet Resources:
Quinceaneras:
Internet Resources:
History of the Quinceanera as a rite of passage
Quinceanera—Encyclopedia Britannica Article.
Case Study: QUINCEANERA
Quinceanera: Latino Sweet Sixteen
By Elizabeth Holland (From an interview with Carmen Neris, Philadelphia, 1992).
"La Quinceanera: A Hispanic Celebration of Budding Womanhood".
By Dale Hoyt Palfrey c1997, reproduced by Mexico Connect with the kind permission of the author.
"Quinceanera! A Celebration of Latina womanhood”. Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore. v.28, Fall/Winter 2002.
Articles on Quinceaneras from NC Live:
"Birthday Parties Highlight Cuba's Lack of a Classless Society”.
By Gary Marx. Chicago Tribune (KRT). June 17, 2003, n.p. Database: SIRS.
Holton, Lisa “Church Divided over Quinceanera”. Chicago Sun-Times. July 8, 1990. Database: America’s Newspapers.
McLANE, , DAISANN. “The Cuban American Prince.” New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Feb 26, 1995. ; p. A.42. Database: Proquest.
Amy Chozick. "Fairy-Tale Fifteenths; The 'Quince' Marks a Big Rite For Latin Teens and Marketers; Coming of Age at Disneyland ". Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Oct 15, 2004. ; p. B.1. Database: Proquest.
"Fifteen Candles". By: Miranda, Carolina A.. Time, 7/19/2004, Vol. 164 Issue 3, p83. Database: Academic Search Premier.
"Hispanic Ceremony Marks Girl's Official Passage to Womanhood”. Author: Bob Fehringer. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), May 12, 2003.
Database: America’s Newspapers.
"NEWS: Quinceañera”. Author: Richard A. Chapman. Chicago Sun-Times (IL). May 9, 2004. Database: America’s Newspapers.
"Quinceanera boot camp”. Author: Story by Veronica Gonzalez. Star-News (Wilmington, NC). September 3, 2006. Database: America’s Newspapers.
"Tradition a key to Hispanic market”. Author: Lisa Holton.Chicago Sun-Times. July 8, 1990. Database: America’s Newspaper.