A study of how Mexico’s revolutionary state defined childhood reveals the limits of cultural nationalism ––– ||| Seen and Heard in Mexico, by Elena Jackson Albarrán (2015, Nebraska)
Categories: Mexico, North America
Children of the revolution
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Tag: Social history
Another kind of freedom
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The only slave memoir in Spanish reveals a nuanced vision of freedom ––– ||| Freedom from Liberation, by Gerard Aching (2015, Indiana)
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Europe, International, North America, United States
Borders and bodies
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Imperialism has shaped the racial borders established between Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the US ––– ||| The Borders of Dominicanidad, by Lorgia García-Peña (2016, Duke)
Categories: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, United States
Stalled summer of love
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Chile’s counterculture evolved in the crossfire of a polarising society and came under attack from both sides
Categories: Chile, South America
Genocide and empire
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The war on Guatemala’s indigenous people was a legacy of imperialism ––– ||| The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide, by Roddy Brett (2015, Macmillan)
Categories: Central America, Europe, Guatemala, International, North America, Peru, South America, United States
An Andean Odyssey
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The story of child soldier Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez takes us to the dark heart of Peru’s civil war ––– ||| When Rains Became Floods, by Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez (2015, Duke)
Categories: Peru, South America
The invisible slaves
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Research sheds new light on the 650,000 indigenous people enslaved in the 16th century ––– ||| Global Indios, by Nancy Evan Deusen (2015, Duke)
Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Caribbean, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Europe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, International, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Uruguay, Venezuela
Slums with democratic muscle
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Residents of Rio’s favelas played a heroic role in democratization, but are yet to win full citizenship ––– ||| Hard Times in the Marvelous City, by Bryan McCann (2014, Duke)
Categories: Brazil, South America
Gripping scholarship
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Move over Hunter Thompson, Daniel Goldstein is here … and cultural anthropology will never be the same again ––– |||
Owners of the Sidewalk, by Daniel M Goldstein (2016, Duke)
Categories: Bolivia, South America
Radio days in the Caribbean
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A well informed history of radio broadcasting explores key cultural and political questions ––– ||| Isles of Noise, by Alejandra Bronfman (2016, North Carolina)
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, Puerto Rico, United States