Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Carlos Estévez
Serves as a source for the exploration of many dimensions of the human experience in relation to other beings, ranging from machines and blueprints to mollusks and plants.
The Losing War
Critical analysis of Plan Colombia, a multibillion dollar US counternarcotics initiative.
The Avowal of Difference
Discusses how theories of queer performativity, as articulated within the US Academy, are unable to capture the whole of Latino American queer subjectivity and experience.
Desbordes
Examines the intersections of “Latino,” “queer,” and “American,” to illustrate how the categories of class, race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity are directly entangled with issues of citizenship and belonging.
Taking Risks
Explores activist scholarship in relation to feminism and social movements in the Americas.
Painting Modernism
Studies the influence of the plastic arts on the major writers of Latin American modernism.
Borges, Second Edition
Expanded edition with new chapters and updates to the translation and bibliography.
Oshun's Daughters
Examines the ways in which the inclusion of African diasporic religious practices serves as a transgressive tool in narrative discourses in the Americas.
Yemoja
Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational religious movements in Latina/o and African diasporas.
Inhabiting La Patria
Examines the work of prolific Dominican American writer Julia Alvarez.
The Everyday Atlantic
Rethinks the concepts of nation, imperialism, and globalization by examining the everyday writing of the newspaper chronicle and blog in Spain and Latin America.
Life Streams
Incisive exploration of the work of Cuban-American artist Alberto Rey.
Systems of Violence, Second Edition
Expanded new edition of an important study of the protracted violence in Colombia.
The Cold War's Last Battlefield
An engaging insider's account by a member of President Reagan's Central America policy team.
The Suspension of Seriousness
First in-depth analysis of this important Mexican philosopher’s work.
Changing Women, Changing Nation
Analyzes the literary representations of women in Salvadoran and US-Salvadoran narratives since 1980.
Kant's Dog
Situates Borges at the limit of philosophy and literature.
Documents in Crisis
Examines the theory and practice of nonfiction narrative literature in twentieth-century Mexico.
Becoming an Ancestor
A striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.
Painting Borges
A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges’s most famous stories.
Reframing the Practice of Philosophy
Reflections by leading Latin American and African American philosophers on their identity within the field of philosophy.
¡VIVA!
Compelling case studies of groups in Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, the United States, and Canada using the arts for education, community development, and social movement building.
Cuban-American Literature and Art
Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.
Burning Darkness
Encourages a deep reading of a selection of essential Spanish films.
Images of Thought
Explores the relationship between philosophy and art through the work of Cuban American artist Carlos Estévez.