In celebration of LatinX and Hispanic Heritage Month, we are excited to present a curated selection of resources from our collection. This guide represents just a glimpse into our resources encompassing the diverse range of cultures, artistic expressions and genres, nationalities, identities, and experiences of Latinx and Hispanic heritage.
We invite you to delve deeper into our full catalog (this search is a starting point). You can also search by artist, genre, nationality, or any other key terms to find what you’re looking for and narrow the results by format/source type (e.g. books, sheet music, audio, articles) or feature (e.g. language, geography, subject) using the filters.
What does Latinx mean? (from SOMOS Latinx)
Latinx is a gender-neutral term adopted around 2004 and refers to people of Latin American origin or descent. The term moves away from the masculine bias of “Latinos” for plural and, over the years, has been used in place of the traditional term “Hispanic,” which often erases indigenous and African populations.
The community of people from Latin American countries and heritage congregates multiple ethnicities, nationalities, races, beliefs, and gender identities and expressions, so Berklee has chosen to adopt this term to embrace this vibrancy and make space for all backgrounds and experiences.
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