Day of the Dead

El Dia de los Muertos

Periodical Articles

These are some of the best articles from periodicals, magazines, and journals on the Day of the Dead; many of them are found, if not in HOMER, in the microfilm collection entitled Chicano Studies Library Serials Collection, located in the Micrographics Department of Doheny Library. Another excellent source is HAPI: Hispanic American Periodicals Index, both in hard copy and online in the Boeckmann Center. For assistance in locating these articles consult with the Curator of the Boeckann Center.

For additional titles, use the Chicano Database on CD-ROM in the Boeckmann Center or use the periodical databases in USCInfo.

Amescua, Michael M. "Dia de los Muertos," Somos 1(November, 1978), 39-40.

Balart, Ana. "Dia de los Muertos: Celebracion Universal," Raices 1(October, 1990), 8-10.

Bernal, Louis Carlos. "Dia de los Muertos," Llueve Tlaloc 8(1981),7.

Castro, Rene. "Burn Baby Burn," San Francisco Chronicle/Examiner (Image) May 20, 1990, p. 25.

"Death at the Centro Chicano," Estos Tiempos (Fall, 1985), 4.

"Dia de los Muertos," Corazon De Aztlan (November, 1981), 26.

Gambrell, Jamey. "Texas: State of the Art," Art in America 75(March, 1987), 114-131.

Gaspar de Alba, Alice. "Gardenias for el Gran Guru," Puerto del Sol 27(Spring, 1992), 94-96.

Hansen, Barbara. "Food for the Soul: An Earthly Delight," Home Magazine (October 22, 197),53-54.

Kamin, Ira. "Memories of Frida Kahlo," California Living (May, 1979), 44-50.

Lerma Bowerman, Liz. "Dia de los Muertos Altar," Imagine 3(Summer-Winter, 1986),128.

"Living Traditions of the Days of the Dead,"Nuestro 6(August,1982), 41-43.

"Mission to Honor Frida Kahlo,"El Tecolote 9(November, 1978),1.

Ponce, Margo. "El Dia," Estos Tiempos 3(no.1, 1986-87),27.

Puente, Teresa. "Dia de los Muertos," Hispanic (October, 1991), 28-29.

Rios, Francisco. "El Dia de los Muertos,"Borderlands Journal 5(Fall, 1991), 42.

Venegas, Sybil, "Dia de los Muertos," Somos 1(October, 1978), 42-47.

____."Towards a Chicano Cultural Renaissance,"La Gente de Aztlan 8(November 2, 1977), 12.

Virgil-Pinon, Evangelina, "Dia de los Muertos," The Americas Review 16(Spring, 1988),109-111.

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