an exciting multi-media course designed to provide students with the background to understand the heritage of the Hispanic world its history, culture, art and literature. The two texts: HISPANIDADES: LATINOAMERICA Y LOS EE.UU. and ESPANA, LA PRIMERA HISPANIDAD, draw on the film series by Carlos Fuentes, EL ESPEJO ENTERRADO, a unique documentary co-produced by SOGETEL (Spain) in collaboration with the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's renowned novelist and social commentator, provides a personal interpretation of the dramatic scenes recreated visually from the past.In order to enter advanced study of Spanish language and Hispanic literature, students need a fundamental knowledge of the geography, history and culture of the Spanish-speaking peoples. HISPANIDADES is intended to serve as a resource to provide this background while preserving instructors flexibility to shape their own courses. Chapter themes relate to video segments from the Fuentes documentary, now available for the first time in DVD format.HISPANIDADES: LATINOAMERICA Y LOS EE.UU. contains a strong emphasis on the culture and literature of the growing Hispanic population of the United States, giving advanced students and those of Hispanic origin, an important introduction to their own background. Teachers will find that these texts, modestly priced to allow for the purchase of supplementary literary readings, fill a widely-felt void in intermediate and advanced Spanish-language courses.

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