Examines the reception of Brazil’s most-canonized writer in the United States to shed light on questions of Blackness and hemispheric American experience.

Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery.

A deeply researched, pathbreaking collection of original and newly translated essays on slavery in Spain, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

A moving tale of contemporary Haiti told through the intersecting lives of four young people struggling to hold on to hope and their identities amid a militarized coup in the early 1990s.

Considers how popular Haitian films not only provide entertainment but also help audiences in Haiti and the diaspora think through daily challenges.

Explores the feminist spiritual and emotional politics of literary and cultural works by Black Caribbean women.

Explores the role of print media in conversations about race and belonging across Central America.

Establishes the central role of Afro-Puerto Ricans in the island's history and the creation of its capital city, San Juan.

Maps manifestations of the sacred and religious syncretism in Afro-Brazilian cultural forms.

A critical view of race relations on the island of Puerto Rico from 1898 to 1965.

The first volume in English to explore the cultural impact of Haiti on the surrounding Spanish-speaking nations of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.

Reevaluates the significance of iconic Afro-Brazilian figures, from slavery to post-abolition.

Evocative, innovative ethnography of spiritual practices and forms of queer, black, and indigenous life in the Dominican Republic.

Translation of the award-winning debut novel by Haitian writer Makenzy Orcel about the lives of prostitutes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid the 2010 earthquake.