The longing of a Mexican American poet speaks for us all. A Face Out Of Clay: Poems, Brent Ameneyro, 2024, Center for Literary Publishing Colorado State University
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Category: North America
Reviews from the North American countries
Taking Colombia’s pulse
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A new introduction to the country offers an honest assessment of its challenges. Colombia at a Crossroads: A Historical and Social Biography, Richard McColl, 2024, Fuller Vigil
Categories: Colombia, North America, South America, United States, Venezuela
Party poopers
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Puerto Rico is prey to its own political system. Puerto Rico: A National History, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, 2024 Princeton University Press
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Revolutionary relics
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Art is influenced by ideology but also what the state lets us see. Visible Ruins: The Politics of Perception and the Legacies of Mexico’s Revolution, Mónica Salas Landa, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Culinary colonialism
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The corporate takeover of Mexican food is identity theft on a vast scale. Mesquite Pods to Mezcal: 10,000 Years of Oaxacan Cuisines, edited by Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Stacie M. King, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
The colour of law
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Racialised US laws can explain Puerto Rico’s oppressed status. Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico, Mónica A Jiménez, 2024, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Sea change
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It’s time to end the invisibility of women in the informal economy. Pink Gold: Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico, María L Cruz-Torres, 2023, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Stereotypes that subjugate
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Latinx characters in US popular culture continue to expose its imperial vocation. Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America’s War on Drugs, Jason Ruiz, 2023, University of Texas Press
Categories: Colombia, Mexico, North America, South America, United States
Memoirs of genocide
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An American present during Guatemala’s civil war offers timely recollections. Walking With Evaristo: A Memoir of Celebration and Tragedy in the Land of the Achí Maya, Christian Nill, 2024, Peace Corps Writers
Categories: Central America, Guatemala, North America, United States
Emigrants to immigrants
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Reverse migration is finally a focus. The 0.5 Generation: Children Moving from the United States to Mexico, Víctor Zúñiga and Silvia E Giorguli
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States