Spanish in the Southwest -- Culture -- Hispanics in the US: reason for being historic -- Life of an Imperial Valley irrigator -- La Llorona: structure and archetype -- Curanderos in our time -- Chile crazy in New Mexico -- Commentary on El Corrido de Câesar Châavez -- The corrido de Câesar Châavez: defensor del pueblo -- Joaquâin Murrieta in literature -- Juan Soldado: making of a folk saint -- Laura Rodrâiquez: light of the barrio -- Dionysia Villarino, La Cornela -- Hispanic military heroes -- Chicano literary heritage: a fortuitous rescue -- The literature of Hispanics in the US: from the 60's to contemporary times -- Sexual metaphor in Alma Villanueva's "The Ripening" -- Folksong and social change: two corridos as interpretive sources -- The Milagro Beanfield War, a book review -- The treacherous woman archetype: a structuring agen in the corrido -- Implicit violence in the apparent pacificsm [i.e. pacifism] of Tomâas Rivera -- Earth/Tierra: perspectives on film adaptation of a classic Chicano novel -- Variations on Delgadina -- Chicano muralismo -- Pancho Villa: a lighter side -- Case study of docudrama, "The Lemon Grove Incident" -- El Gran Pachuco: Valdez -- Gregorio Cortez, film & corrido -- Brief sketch of Mexican and Chicano Music -- Tejano music, an expression of cultural nationalism -- The plight of the undocumented -- Lydia Mendoza -- The San Ysidro Massacre -- !Viva Don Luis Leal! -- The merging of cultures.