FAH84/184–Latin American Cinema
Professor Adriana Zavala, Fall 2007

Library Research Sources & Strategies
Prepared by Chao Chen, Reference Librarian at Tisch Library

Social, Cultural & Historical backgrounds   ·  Latin American Films, Filmmakers & Cinema  ·  Film Theory & History

(click on either of these icons)    : Film Criticism & Movie Reviews     ·  Search Sample

Writing about Film   ·  RefWorks  ·  Renew Books  ·  Interlibrary Loan Request ·  Course Reserves

Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures (Ref. F1406 .E515 2000)
A reference guide to Latin American history (Ref. F1410 .R395 2000)
Encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture (Ref. F1406 .E53 1996)
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean (Ref. F1406 .C36 1992)

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (online)
Latinas in the United States: a historical encyclopedia. (E184.S75 L35 2006)
The Latino encyclopedia. (6 volumes. E184.S75 L357 1996)

Key terms in Latino/a cultural and literary studies. (Stacks: E184.S75 A795 2007)
Handbook of Hispanic cultures in the United States (E184.S75 H365 1993)
              Vol. 1: Literature and art; Volume 2: History; Volume 3: Anthropology; and Vol. 4: Sociology.

The cinema of Latin America   (Reserves: PN1993.5.L3 C497 2003)
Visible nations: Latin American cinema and video PN1993.5.L3 V58 2000
Magical reels: a history of cinema in Latin America PN1993.5.L3 K45 2000
South American cinema: a critical filmography, 1915-1994 (Ref. PN1993.5.S63 B37 1996)
The New Latin American cinema PN1993.5.L3 N48 1997
v. 1. Theory, practices, and transcontinental articulations -- v. 2. Studies of national cinemas.
The new Latin American cinema: an annotated bibliography of sources in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, 1960-1980 (Ref. Z5784.M9 B93 1983)

Hispanics in Hollywood: an encyclopedia of film and television. (PN1995.9.H47 R49 1994)
The Hispanic image on the silver screen: an interpretive filmography from silents into sound, 1898-1935. (Stacks: PN1995.9.L37 R55 1992)

Mexican national cinema PN1993.5.M4 N63 2005
Mexico's cinema: a century of film and filmmakers (Reserves: PN1993.5.M4 M465 1999)
The new Brazilian cinema PN1993.5.B6 N48 2003
Brazilian cinema (Reserves: PN1993.5.B6 B7 1995)
The Cuban filmography, 1897 through 2001 PN1993.5.C8 G375 2003

International dictionary of films and filmmakers (Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 2000)
The film encyclopedia. (Ref. PN1993.45 .K34 1994)
Magill's survey of cinema, foreign language films (Ref. PN1993.45 .M34 1985)
A Guide to world cinema: covering 7,200 films of 1950-84 including capsule reviews and stills from the programmes of the National Film Theatre, London (Ref. PN1995 .G84 1985)

Cinema Studies: the Key Concepts. (PN1993.45 .H36 2006)
       This is a dictionary format to key theoretical terms, genres, film theory and film history. It includes an extensive bibliography.

Becoming film literate: the art and craft of motion pictures. (PN1994 .L595 2005)
Film theory and criticism: introductory readings, 6th ed. (PN1994 .M364 2004)
Understanding movies, 9th ed. ( PN1994 .G47 2002)
Critical dictionary of film and television theory. (Ref: PN1993.45 .C75 2001)
How to read a film: the world of movies, media, and multimedia: language, history, theory; 3rd ed. (PN1994 .M59 2000)
The Oxford guide to film studies. (Ref. PN1995 .O93 1998)
     Short essays on aspects of film (such as the text, acting, music), critical approaches (e.g., semiotics, psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, feminism), and history (American, European, world).

Film theory goes to the movies. (PN1994 .F43915 1993)
Film study: an analytical bibliography.
     A comprehensive four-volume survey of cinema "through a study of representative genres, stereotypes, themes, comparative media, periods, and film history". (Ref. PN1994.Z99 M34 1990)

Books and videos/DVDs of Latin American films

• The Library Catalog, [http://library.tufts.edu]
• WorldCat  [from the Tisch Library web site, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select "Other Library Catalogs"]

Tip:
A Subject browse is an effective way to gain an overview for materials on Latin American films, filmmakers, and cinema.

Sample search results: all together 29 items (books, some videos, etc.) under 7 general topics.

Follow the first subject link, and you will see all 7 individual entries:

Note: try a same subject browse; substitute "latin america" with a specific country such as "mexico".

An Advanced Keyword search for Latin American Cinema or Latino (Hispanic American) films in the Catalog:

• * is called a truncation symbol. film* searches for film, films, etc..
• ("latin america*" or "hispanic american*") searches for either or both of the two phrases.

Search Results: all together 25 items (books, some videos, etc.) under 10 sub-topics.

Journal Articles
Access:  from  the Tisch Library Web Site [http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/], go to Databases and Articles.