The Itinerary of Juan de Oñate's expedition (1598) and the Historia de la Nueva México (1610) by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá are distinct in their styles and purposes. The Itinerary is an official...

Gaspar de Villagrá’s Historia de la nveva Mexico (1610) has lingered on the margins of U.S. literary history for centuries. Embraced as a source of historical information, the poem was...

In recent years, there has been a crisis not only in economic matters but also in sociological and political matters. The crisis has exposed not only many differences between the members of the...

En un intento por recuperar y reconstruir una historia literaria, los estudiosos de la literatura chicana han examinado con interés obras poco conocidas escritas en los siglos diecinueve y veinte...

The Spanish Conquest of Aztec Mexico (1519-21) forever transformed greater North America, Europe, and regions beyond. In spite of this significance, there is only one extant motion picture that...

This article examines the ways in which Judith Ortiz Cofer and Esmeralda Santiago use their memoirs to explore issues of identity, race, and gender as essential components of a transnational...