This culinary history unwraps the extensive culture surrounding the tamale, bringing together writers, artists, journalists, and Texas’ regional leaders to honor this traditional Latin American dish. It is filled with family stories, recipes, and artwork, and also celebrates tamaladas—the large family gatherings where women prepare the tamales for the Christmas festivities. Humorous and colorful, this collection reveals the importance of community and good food.

Tamales, Comadres, and the Meaning of Civilization

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Clark, Ellen Riojas

Tafolla, Carmen

Regional & International

Wings Press

Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds

While there are volumes that fall into the category of children’s literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children’s literature. This volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of Latino bilingual learners who are still underserved through current school practices. We aim to conceptualize different forms of social knowledge so that they can serve as cultural resources for learning, acquiring knowledge, and transforming self and identity. This volume presents a balance of theory, research, and practice that speak to authentic multicultural Latino literature and helps ensure its availability for all students. The intended outcome of this volume then is to create a heightened awareness of the cultural and linguistic capital held by the Latino community, to increase Latino students’ social capital through the design of critical pedagogical practices, and for the formulation of a new perspective, that of Latino multicultural literature for children.

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Howard L.

Alejandro González, Daniel

Flores University of Texas at San Antonio, Belinda Bustos

Social Sciences

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

This book presents theoretical, research based, and classroom practices that explore the use of multicultural children's literature to support the linguistic, academic, and psychological development of Latino children in the process of becoming bilingual and acquiring English. The contributions cover a broad spectrum of issues related to the effective use of children's literature with Bilingual Learners (Bl), including identity development, critical pedagogy, biliteracy development, and holistic literacy instruction.

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