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Cuban Studies 54

Cuban Studies 54

Cuban Studies is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in English and Spanish and a large book review section. In publication since 1970, and under Alejandro de la Fuente’s editorial leadership since 2013, this interdisciplinary journal covers all aspects of Cuban history, politics, culture, diaspora, ...
Imaginative Possibilities

Imaginative Possibilities

Conversations with Twenty-First-Century Latinx Writers

Interviews That Speak to New Trends and Developments in Latinx Literature

Cuban Studies 53

Cuban Studies 53

Cuban Studies is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba

Staging Buenos Aires

Staging Buenos Aires

Theater, Society, and Politics in Argentina, 1860-1920

How Theater Expanded the Public Sphere and Contributed to Argentina’s Democratization

Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Infrastructure and Everyday Life

An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Political, Economic, and Cultural Consequences of China’s Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations

The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations

A Systematic Analysis of Patronage Appointments in Public Bureaucracies of Seven Latin American Countries

Cuban Studies 51

Cuban Studies 51

Cuban Studies is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in English and Spanish and a large book review section. In publication since 1970, and under Alejandro de la Fuente’s editorial leadership since 2013, this interdisciplinary journal covers all aspects of Cuban history, politics, culture, diaspora, ...
Race and Transnationalism in the Americas

Race and Transnationalism in the Americas

A Wide-Ranging Volume on the Intertwined History of Race Across the Americas

Tough on Crime

Tough on Crime

The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America

Examines Tough on Crime Rhetoric and Policies in Latin America

Unwanted Witnesses

Unwanted Witnesses

Journalists and Conflict in Contemporary Latin America

Latin American Journalists Who Endure Grave Danger to Witness and Report Their Truth

Crisis Cultures

Crisis Cultures

The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil

Challenges to the Current Cultural Histories of the Neoliberal Period in Mexico and Brazil

Comics and Memory in Latin America

Comics and Memory in Latin America

This volume presents new perspectives on how comics on and from Latin America both view and express memory formation on major historical events and processes. The contributors, from a variety of disciplines including literary theory, cultural studies, and history, explore topics including national identity construction, narratives of resistance to colonialism and imperialism, the construction of revolutionary traditions, and the legacies of authoritarianism and political violence.

Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained

Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained

Rethinking City-River Relations

Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discusses how cities have gained control and exerted power over rivers and waterways far upstream and downstream; how rivers and floodplains in cityscapes have been transformed by urbanization and industrialization; how urban rivers have been represented in cultural manifestations, such as novels and songs; and discusses more recent strategies to redefine and recreate the place of the river within the urban setting.

Sports Culture in Latin American History

Sports Culture in Latin American History

This edited volume shows how the function of sport as a historical and cultural marker is particularly relevant in Latin America. From the late nineteenth century to the present, the contributors reveal how sport opens a wide window into local, regional, and national histories. The essays examine the role of sport as a political vehicle, in claims to citizenship, as a source of community and ethnic pride, as a symbol of masculinity or feminism, as allegorical performance, and in many other purposes.

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