The fusion of science and literature has generated a new form of Mexican energy. Science Fusion in Contemporary Mexican Literature, Brian T Chandler, 2024, Bucknell University Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Tag: Social history
The fragile public sphere
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Porfirian Mexico may offer clues to the fate of press freedom in divided societies. Guardians of Discourse: Journalism and Literature in Porfirian Mexico, Kevin M Anzzolin, 2024, University of Nebraska Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
The competitive state
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Food for thought
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Traditional indigenous knowledge is key to beating food insecurity. Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well, Mariaelena Huambachano, 2024, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, Peru, South America
Green dilemma
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Cuba’s energy revolution has had political consequences. The Low-Carbon Contradiction: Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba, Gustav Cederlöf, 2023, University of California Press
Country of the disappeared
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Mexico’s cynical state is often the source of crime, not its scourge. Call the Mothers: Searching for Mexico’s Disappeared in the War on Drugs, Shaylih Muehlmann, 2024, University of California Press
Categories: Mexico, North America
Alone but not home
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Many child migrants in the US are destined for the underclass. Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in The United States, Stephanie L Canizales, 2024, University of California Press
Categories: Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, North America, United States
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
Puta pride
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A Brazilian sex worker shaped a pioneering feminist outlook. Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore: The Story of a Woman Who Decided to be a Puta, Gabriela Leite, translated by Meg Weeks, 2024, Duke University Press
Categories: Brazil, South America
Rule of lore
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Mexico’s state has abandoned public security to the myth of a moral crisis. Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico, Claudio Lomnitz, 2024, Duke University Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States