Antonio Dias was the most famous Brazilian pop artist that never was. Review: Borderless Painting as Borderless Art: Antonio Dias between Brazil and Europe, Sérgio B Martins, 2026, University of California Press
When Pop goes ‘pop!’
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Tag: Cultural theory
Extraction as alienation
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The rape of the Amazon has generated a unique cultural archive. The Environment in Brazilian Culture: Literature, Cinema, and the Arts, edited by Patricia Vieira, 2025, University of Florida Press
Categories: Brazil, Ecuador, South America
Sex and class
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Working-class morality is shaped by material conditions. Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City: A Social History of Working-Class Courtship, Michael Matthews, 2025, University Press of Florida
Categories: Mexico, North America
The spirit of value
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Mexican mezcal raises a glass to ‘enrichment’ capitalism. Mezcal in Oaxaca: A Craft Spirit for the Global Marketplace, Ronda L Brulotte, 2025, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Unseen genius
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US imperialism renders the art of Puerto Rico invisible. Nuyorican & Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology, edited by Arlene Dávila and Yasmin Ramirez, 2025, Duke University Press
Categories: Caribbean, North America, Puerto Rico, United States
Graphic anti-imperialism
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In the struggle against the hegemon, comic art is deadly serious. Burning Down the House: Latin American Comics in the 21st Century, edited by Laura Cristina Fernández, Amadeo Gandolfo and Pablo Turnes, 2023, Routledge
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
Mexico’s Soviet kiss
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A telenovela was shaping global culture before neoliberalism spoiled the party. Romancing Yesenia: How a Mexican Melodrama Shaped Global Popular Culture, Masha Salazkina, 2024, University of California Press
Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, North America, South America, United States
Two books about art
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Techno-colonialism
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The Cyborg Caribbean: Techno-Dominance in Twenty-First-Century Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican Science Fiction, Samuel Ginsburg, 2023, Rutgers University Press
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, Puerto Rico, United States