Nuestra Familia Unida: History And Genealogy - History And Genealogy - Mexico, Latin America, La Raza, Chicano, Chicana, Hisp

This podcast provides an historical overview of musical ritual in Mexico City, starting with Mesoamerican music in relation to ceremonies of state, ending with the quintessential Mexican music: mariachi. Mark Pedelty completed research in Mexico City concerning music in ritual contexts. Musical Ritual in Mexico City: From the Aztec to NAFTA, was published in 2004 by the University of Texas Press. Ordering information for the book is available through the University of Texas Press website: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/pedmus.html Mark is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.

This podcast provides an historical overview of musical ritual in Mexico City, starting with Mesoamerican music in relation to ceremonies of state, ending with the quintessential Mexican music: mariachi. Mark Pedelty completed research in Mexico City concerning music in ritual contexts. Musical Ritual in Mexico City: From the Aztec to NAFTA, was published in 2004 by the University of Texas Press. Ordering information for the book is available through the University of Texas Press website: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/pedmus.html Mark is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.

Original Poetry by Jim Moreno

Original Poetry by Diego Davalos

Original Poetry by Diego Davalos

Original Poetry by Diego Davalos

Original Poetry by Diego Davalos

Jean A. Stuntz received her PhD in History from the University of North Texas. In 2001 she joined the faculty of West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University where she teaches Spanish Borderlands, Texas, US Women's, and Mexican American history. Her first book, Hers, His, and Theirs: Community Property Law in Spain and Early Texas (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2005) looks at the development of married women's property rights in Spain and how those were brought to Texas by the Spanish. This speech was to the groups Los Bexarenos, descendants of the original settlers of San Antonio. Topics include the book, the history of San Antonio, and some of the myths concerning Hispanic contribution to US history. Ordering information for this and other Native American titles can be found at http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/BookPages/089672560X.html

Genealogia de Guatemala

Don Mariano Leyva Dominquez (QEPD), Los Mascarones y Teatro Chicano Los Mascarones became the most well known and respected theatre group in Mexico, largely because of the political content of its work, but also because it played a major role in developing linkages with like-minded groups in the United States and across Latin America. It was founded in 1963 at the Prepa No. 6 in downtown Mexico City with five members and a director named Mariano Leyva Dominguez. Their name derived from the masks, or mascaras, that bordered the entrance to the school. . . .

J. Lorand Matory Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies Harvard University Cambridge, MA Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:30 p.m. Breedlove Room, Perkins Library, Duke University Title: An African Empire in the Americas: Transnational Yoruba Religion and the Twilight of Andersonian Teleology

J. Lorand Matory Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies Harvard University Cambridge, MA Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:30 p.m. Breedlove Room, Perkins Library, Duke University Title: An African Empire in the Americas: Transnational Yoruba Religion and the Twilight of Andersonian Teleology

"Rethinking Malinche Part 02" by Dr. Frances Karttunen, Ph.D. from Indian Women of Early Mexico, edited by Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood, and Robert Haskett. Copyright 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press, All rights reserved. This audio file has been created by permission of the Publisher for podcasting from this website only and is permitted for non-commercial, personal listening, only. Ordering information for this and other Native American titles can be found at http://www.oupress.com

"Rethinking Malinche Part 01" by Dr. Frances Karttunen, Ph.D. from Indian Women of Early Mexico, edited by Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood, and Robert Haskett. Copyright 1997 by the University of Oklahoma Press, All rights reserved. This audio file has been created by permission of the Publisher for podcasting from this website only and is permitted for non-commercial, personal listening, only. Ordering information for this and other Native American titles can be found at http://www.oupress.com

Esteban Valdes Salazar is the municipal historian ("cronista") of the municipality of Totatiche, Jalisco. He was born in Totatiche and as an adult moved to Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where he worked as a verger in one of the local parishes. It was there that his interest in genealogy and historical research began after he was exposed to the disciplines by a parrishioner. While still living in Monterrey, he wrote his first book, Los Valdes de Totatiche, which documents the various branches of the Valdes family in Totatiche and Colotlan, Jalisco. His second book, El sacerdocio ministerial, singular don de la parroquia de Totatiche, Jalisco, documents the descendants of Joseph Cayetano Grano and his six daughters, who are considered pivotal figures in the history of Totatiche and who are the ancestors of most of the illustrious clergy that has come from Totatiche. He has also documented the genealogy of Saint Cristobal Magallanes Jara, who was born and served as priest in Totatiche, and most recently wrote a two vol

Mark Guerrero (http://www.MarkGuerrero.com) Mark has recorded with Harry Nilsson, performed with Eric Burdon, sung background vocals on Los Lobos' "Papas Dream" album, and in 2003 performed as a member of the legendary Chicano/Native-American band, Redbone.

Mark Guerrero (http://www.MarkGuerrero.com) Mark has recorded with Harry Nilsson, performed with Eric Burdon, sung background vocals on Los Lobos' "Papas Dream" album, and in 2003 performed as a member of the legendary Chicano/Native-American band, Redbone.

>"My Grandmother Would Rock Quietly and Hum" by Leonard Adame read by Margarita Vallazza is a poem from the Chicano anthology From the Barrio, edited by Luis Omar Salinas and Lillian Faderman and published in 1973 by Canfield Press, a Department of Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc. Margarita Vallazza can be contacted at: TeaCozyGran@kc.rr.com

The poem, "The Other Pioneers," by Roberto Felix Salazar read by Margarita Vallazza, is from an anthology of Mexican American literature entitled We Are Chicanos. This book was compiled and edited by Philip D. Ortega, Ph. D., and published by Washington Square Press in 1973. Margarita Vallazza can be contacted at: TeaCozyGran@kc.rr.com

I am so happy to introduce Paulette Atencio to the Nuestra Familia Unida podcast. Paulette is a Professional Story Teller and published author. Her webpage: http://www.pauletteatencio.com