Not Yo' Butterfly

Not Yo' Butterfly
Author: Nobuko Miyamoto
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520380657

Intro -- Relocation, or a travelin' girl -- Don't fence me in -- A tisket, a tasket, a brown and yellow basket... -- From a broken past into the future -- Twice as good -- Shall we dance! -- School daze -- Chop suey -- We shall overcome -- Power to the people -- A single stone, many ripples -- Something about me today -- The people's beat -- A song for ourselves -- Nosotro somos Asiaticos -- Foster children of the Pepsi Generation -- A grain of sand -- Free the land -- What will people think? -- Some things live a moment -- How to mend what's broken -- Women hold up half the sky -- Our own chop suey -- What is the color of love? -- Talk story -- Yuiyo, just dance -- Float hands like clouds -- Deep is the chasm -- To all relations -- Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Rahim -- The seed of the dandelion -- I dream a garden -- Mottainai : waste nothing -- Black Lives Matter -- Bambutsu : all things connected -- Epilogue.

Chican@ Artivistas

Chican@ Artivistas
Author: Martha Gonzalez
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1477321136

As the lead singer of the Grammy Award–winning rock band Quetzal and a scholar of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned to articulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles of political commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial, Chicana, black feminist, and performance theories, Chican@ Artivistas explores the visual, musical, and performance art produced in East Los Angeles since the inception of NAFTA and the subsequent anti-immigration rhetoric of the 1990s. Showcasing the social impact made by key artist-activists on their communities and on the mainstream art world and music industry, Gonzalez charts the evolution of a now-canonical body of work that took its inspiration from the Zapatista movement, particularly its masked indigenous participants, and that responded to efforts to impose systems of labor exploitation and social subjugation. Incorporating Gonzalez’s memories of the Mexican nationalist music of her childhood and her band’s journey to Chiapas, the book captures the mobilizing music, poetry, dance, and art that emerged in pre-gentrification corners of downtown Los Angeles and that went on to inspire flourishing networks of bold, innovative artivistas.

TROGONS & QUETZALS

TROGONS & QUETZALS
Author: JOHNSGARD PAUL A
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2000-06-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Beautifully illustrated with color plates and line drawings, this comprehensive review of trogons and quetzals -- the first to be published in more than 150 years -- covers all thirty-nine extant species. This up-to-date survey will serve as a valuable reference for ornithologists, conservationists, aviculturalists, and birdwatchers worldwide.

The Singing of the New World

The Singing of the New World
Author: Gary Tomlinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2007-07-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521873916

A study of indigenous music-making in New World societies, including the Aztecs and the Incas.

Fodor's Guatemala

Fodor's Guatemala
Author: Jeffrey Van Fleet
Publisher: Fodors Travel Publications
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2008
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1400019257

Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants, and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a two-color interior design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions, and other valuable features. Original.

CMJ New Music Report

CMJ New Music Report
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2002-06-03
Genre:
ISBN:

CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

The Quetzal and the Cross

The Quetzal and the Cross
Author: Conrad Samayoa
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466943629

Awe-inspiring Mayan cities, framed by majestic mountains, serve as background for ancient feuds among three kingdoms vying for supremacy, exploited by the invading Spaniard, Pedro de Alvarado. Was Alvarado the envoy of the white feathered serpent as prophesied in the sacred book, the Popol Vuh? Or was he a mere opportunist? Witness the titanic struggle of the K'iche warlord, Tecun Uman, to save his kingdom from annihilation by the hordes of greedy Spaniards. A moving love story with many unexpected twists mixed with betrayal, anguish, and search for glory. History comes alive in this fascinating novel.

The Fair God, or: The Last of the 'Tzins

The Fair God, or: The Last of the 'Tzins
Author: Lew Wallace
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This is a historical novel about the conquest of Mexico. "The Fair God or The Last of the Tzins" is a delightful story about the Spanish Conquistadors and the Aztecs. The conquest of Mexico by Cortez is a central theme, and this unique historical novel recounts the fall of the Aztec Empire.

World Music Pedagogy, Volume VI: School-Community Intersections

World Music Pedagogy, Volume VI: School-Community Intersections
Author: Patricia Shehan Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-04-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1351655043

World Music Pedagogy, Volume VI: School-Community Intersections provides students with a resource for delving into the meaning of "world music" across a broad array of community contexts and develops the multiple meanings of community relative to teaching and learning music of global and local cultures. It clarifies the critical need for teachers to work in tandem with community musicians and artists in order to bridge the unnecessary gulf that often separates school music from the music of the world beyond school and to consider the potential for genuine collaborations across this gulf. The five-layered features of World Music Pedagogy are specifically addressed in various school-community intersections, with attention to the collaboration of teachers with local community artist-musicians and with community musicians-at-a-distance who are available virtually. The authors acknowledge the multiple routes teachers are taking to enable and encourage music learning in community contexts, such as their work in after-school academies, museums and libraries, eldercare centers, places of worship, parks and recreation centers, and other venues in which adults and children gather to learn music, make music, and become convivial through music This volume suggests that the world’s musical cultures may be found locally, can be tapped virtually, and are important in considerations of music teaching and learning in schools and community contexts. Authors describe working artists and teachers, scenarios, vignettes, and teaching and learning experiences that happen in communities and that embrace the role of community musicians in schools, all of which will be presented with supporting theoretical frameworks.