Decapitation structures a bold new take on cinematic theory. Review: The Visual Guillotine: The Cinematic Cut and Politics in Latin America, Thomas Matusiak, 2026, University of Minnesota Press
Head hunter
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Tag: Visual culture
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
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
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
Graphic realities
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Comic art reflects Latin America’s perennially contested landscape. Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century: Transgressing the Frame, James Scorer, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, Uruguay