Publications List
A selected list of Dr. Rivera's published books, essays, articles, and catalog contributions.
George Rivera, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Art & Art History
University of Colorado Boulder · Denver, Colorado
Art Books
George Rivera with Beth Krensky, Globalocational Art: The Artnauts in Palestine. Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.
DJLU and George Rivera, Señalética por un Mundo Mejor. Impresol Ediciones, Bogotá.
George Rivera, HIV/AIDS: Images of Hispanic Youth. Mile High Chapter, American Red Cross, Denver, Colorado.
Art Articles
George Rivera, “DJLU: Street Art,” International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education, Volume 7, Issue 7, June 2020.
George Rivera, “The Diaspora Speaks,” in Diaspora and Identity, Mitri Raheb (ed.). Diyar Publications, Bethlehem.
George Rivera, Jorge Eduardo Canas Lopez, and members of The Semiotic Sound Art Collective (Spain) et al., “Border Noise: Physical Limits and Social Resonance,” L’Autre Musique Revue, LAM 4, Préambule.
Shamanism & Curanderismo Articles
Rivera, George Jr. AIDS and Mexican folk medicine. Sociology and Social Research, 75, 3–7.
Rivera, G., Lucero, A., & Regoli, R. M. Contemporary curanderismo: A study of mental health agency and home clientele in a practicing curandera. Journal of Radical Therapy, Vol. XIII, Nos. 1 & 2, 52–57.
Rivera, G. Hispanic folk medicine utilization in urban Colorado. Sociology and Social Research, 72(4), 237–241.
Rivera, G. Jr. Curanderismo and childhood illnesses. The Social Science Journal, 23(3), 361–372.
Wanderer, J. J., & Rivera, G. Jr. Black magic beliefs and white magic practices: The common structure of intimacy, tradition, and power. The Social Science Journal, 23(4), 419–430.
Rivera, George Jr., & Lucero, Aileen. Curanderos: A study of patients and non-patients in an urban Chicano barrio. Bueno Center of Multicultural Education Monograph Series, Volume 2, Number 3. Boulder, Colorado.
Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio: A study of envidia and susto. In D. N. Majumdar Memorial Volume. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society Publications, Lucknow, India.
Rivera, G. Jr., Lucero, A. F., & Salazar, E. Curanderismo in a Chicano barrio: A study of envidia and susto. The Eastern Anthropologist, 31(4), 433–449.
Poetry
If Peace Could Only Come. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Poet in Palestine. Modern Arab Press, Palestine.
Valentine Poems. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
The Bones of My Brother. Međunarodni Centar Za Mir, Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Children’s Books
Peace/Mir Now & Forever / Sada i Zauvijek, translated by Llana Kulina. International Peace Center, Sarajevo.
Cinco de Mayo: Patriotic Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. Nuevo Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.
Cholo in the Clouds with Sky — Memory Adventures with Cholo, Vato and Pano. New Millennial Publishers, Denver, Colorado.
Days of the Dead: Aztec Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado, Colorado Council on the Arts / President's Fund for the Humanities, Boulder, Colorado.
A Migrant Child's Dream: Farm Worker Adventures of Cholo, Vato, and Pano. University of Colorado, Outreach Council, Boulder, Colorado.
Who Am I? Family Adventures of Cholo, Vato and Pano. University of Colorado Office of Community Relations, Boulder, Colorado.
Full publications list available upon request — george.rivera@colorado.edu