Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

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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.

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.