An underclass of young Mexican American men is trapped by systemic exclusion. Review: Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership, Avelardo Valdez, 2026, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Mexico shot itself in the foot by kowtowing to the US migrant backlash. Review: Organised Crime and Migration: Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico, Victorie Knox, 2026, University of London Press
Categories: Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, North America, United States
A Mexican town’s bid to restore a sacred stone reflects a new politics of patrimony. Review: The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft, Sandra Rozental, 2026, Duke University Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Georgina Jiménez assesses how London’s Tate Modern is exploring ‘Fridamania’.
Frida: The Making of an Icon
Tate Modern, London
25 June until 3 January 2027
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom
A London bookseller’s visionary homage to the Beat Generation reveals how Mexico nurtured a cultural revolution
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Studying abroad has been an elite status symbol that has damaged sovereignty. Review: The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico’s Foreign-Educated Elite, Rachel Grace Newman, 2026, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, United Kingdom, United States
A study of racial politics mounts a challenge to area studies. Review: Transpacific Nonencounters: Racial Disconnects Across Twentieth-Century Japan and Mexico, Andrea Mendoza, 2026, Duke University Press
Mexican and Cuban stories translated by Langston Hughes make a radical debut. Review: Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes, ed. Ricardo A Wilson, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Cuba, Mexico, United States
An old US predilection for finger-pointing underpins a new study of its neighbour. Review: The Making of Mexico: Revolution, Reform, and Transformation, Pamela K Starr, 2026, Polity Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
A new novel traces the lives of the Aztec emperor’s forgotten daughters. Review: The Other Moctezuma Girls, Sofia Robleda, 2026, Amazon Crossing
Categories: Mexico
