Traditional Nahua culture and belief have much to tell the modern world. Reviews: Flickering Creations: Concepts of Nahua Precious Art, Allison Caplan, 2026, Princeton UP; and The Bundle: Unwrapping Nahua Religious Traditions, Molly H Bassett, 2026, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Political turmoil in Bolivia hints at a paradigm shift. Review: Bolivia and the Making of the Global Indigenous Movement: Anthropology, Development and Transnationalism, Juanita Roca-Sánchez, 2025, Routledge
Categories: Bolivia
A groundbreaking history of the Maya unifies a hitherto fragmented narrative. The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya, David Stuart, 2026, Princeton University Press
Categories: Central America
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
Mexico’s ‘barefoot doctors’ became a means of indigenous integration. Review: The Power to Harm and Heal: Intercultural Medicine in Modern Mexico, Joshua Mentanko, 2026, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Mexico
The impact of the Tren Maya challenges academic narratives about Indigenous politics. Review: Roads to Prosperity and Ruin: Infrastructure and the Making of Neoliberal Yucatán, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Mexico
The humble grasshopper can tell us much about labour. Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them, Jeffrey H Cohen, 2025, University of Texas Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Hunger in Mexico’s countryside belies the wealth of its cuisine—and guess who is to blame? México Between Feast and Famine: Food, Corporate Power, and Inequality, Enrique C Ochoa, 2025, University of Arizona Press
