New Books Network
Latin American Studies
Anthropology February 22, 2021

Streetwalking

LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic

Ana-Maurine Lara

Hosted by Reighan Gillam
In Streetwalking: LGBTQ Lives and Protest in the Dominican Republic (Rutgers University Press, 2020), Dr. Ana-Maurine Lara examines the dominant modes of power that seek to suppress LGBTQ lives and …

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Latino Studies February 18, 2021

Decolonizing Diasporas

Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature

Yomaira C Figueroa-Vásquez

Hosted by Jonathan Cortez
Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez pens towards decolonial freedom. Her recently published book, Decolonizing Diasporas: Radical Mappings of Afro-Atlantic Literature (Northwestern University Press, 2020), uses peripheralized (5) novels, visual/sonic works, poetry, essays …
History February 11, 2021

Inca Apocalypse

The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World

R. Alan Covey

Hosted by Mark Klobas
The arrival in 1532 of a small group of Spanish conquistadores at the Andean town of Cajamarca launched one of the most dramatic – and often misunderstood – events in …
Latin American Studies February 11, 2021

Revolution in Development

Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy

Christy Thornton

Hosted by Rachel Newman
Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (University of California Press, 2021) uncovers the surprising influence of post-revolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing …
Caribbean Studies February 11, 2021

The Right to Live in Health

Medical Politics in Postindependence Havana

Daniel A. Rodríguez

Hosted by Alejandra Bronfman
Daniel A. Rodriguez's history of a newly independent Cuba shaking off the U.S. occupation, The Right to Live in Health: Medical Politics in Postindependence Havana (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), focuses …
Latin American Studies February 8, 2021

Magdalena, River of Dreams

A Story of Colombia

Wade Davis

Hosted by Akash Ondaatje
Travelers often become enchanted with the first country that captures their hearts and gives them license to be free. For Wade Davis, it was Colombia. In his new book Magdalena, River …
Latin American Studies February 5, 2021

Fifth Sun

A New History of the Aztecs

Camilla Townsend

Hosted by Lisette Varon Carvajal
In her latest book Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (Oxford University Press 2020), Camilla Townsend tells the story of the Aztecs from their perspective and using their …
Celebration Studies February 4, 2021

Festive Devils of the Americas

Milla Cozart Riggio, Angela Marino, and Paolo Vignolo

Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
The devil is a defiant, nefarious figure, the emblem of evil, and harbinger of the damned. However, the festive devil—the devil that dances—turns the most hideous acts into playful transgressions …
Ethnographic Marginalia February 1, 2021

Fútbol in the Park

Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties

David Trouille

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
What meaning does a daily soccer game in a public Los Angeles park have for a group of Latino men and the ethnographer who studied them? In today’s episode, we …
Latin American Studies February 1, 2021

Citizens of Scandal

Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico

Vanessa Freije

Hosted by Ethan Fredrick
In Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico (Duke University Press, 2020), Vanessa Freije develops a new rich thesis about the role of the press in Mexican …
World Affairs January 29, 2021

From Development to Dictatorship

Bolivia and the Alliance for Progress in the Kennedy Era

Thomas C. Field

Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon
How do ideologies of development shape the perceptions of security threats of US foreign policymakers and the political and military leaders of developing countries? What is the relationship between development …
Performing Arts January 29, 2021

¡Presente!

The Politics of Presence

Diana Taylor

Hosted by Andy Boyd
Diana Taylor's ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence (Duke University Press, 2020) examines what it means to be presente in the context of protest, theatre, and everyday life. Taylor pays particular …
Caribbean Studies January 27, 2021

The Business of Leisure

Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean

Andrew Grant Wood

Hosted by Steven Rodriguez
Professor Andrew Grant Wood’s new edited volume, The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), explores the political, economic, and cultural …
Third World Nationalism January 26, 2021

Latin American Nationalism

Identity in a Globalizing World

James F. Siekmeier

Hosted by Kirk Meighoo
This is a Special Series on Third World Nationalism. In the wake of a rise in nationalism around the world, and its general condemnation by liberals and the left, in …
Genocide Studies January 22, 2021

Acts of Repair

Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina

Natasha Zaretsky

Hosted by Jeff Bachman
Acts of Repair: Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina (Rutgers UP, 2021) explores how ordinary people grapple with political violence in Argentina, a nation home to survivors of …
Latino Studies January 20, 2021

The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista

Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961

Elisa Pulido

Hosted by David-James Gonzales
The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista: Mexican Mormon Evangelizer, Polygamist Dissident, and Utopian Founder, 1878-1961 (Oxford University Press, 2020) provides the first full-length biography of a celebrated Latino Mormon leader …
Caribbean Studies January 20, 2021

Rogue Revolutionaries

The Fight for Legitimacy in the Greater Caribbean

Vanessa Mongey

Hosted by Sharika Crawford
The University of Pennsylvania describes Mongey's work as follows. "When we think of the Age of Revolutions, George Washington, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, or Simon Bolivar might come to mind. But Rogue Revolutionaries …
Latin American Studies January 12, 2021

The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean

Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making

Sharika D. Crawford

Hosted by Lisette Varon Carvajal
In The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Makin (University of North Carolina Press 2020), Dr. Sharika Crawford tells the story of Caymanian turtle hunters …
History January 5, 2021

A Different Manifest Destiny

U. S. Southern Identity and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century South America

Claire M. Wolnisty

Hosted by Christine Lamberson
The story of Manifest Destiny and the role of expansion in American slavery is dominated by the history of Western migration. In A Different Manifest Destiny: U.S. Southern Identity and …
Latin American Studies January 4, 2021

Taxing Blackness

Free Afromexican Tribute in Bourbon New Spain

Norah L. A. Gharala

Hosted by Rachel Newman
During the eighteenth century, hundreds of thousands of free descendants of Africans in Mexico faced a highly specific obligation to the Spanish crown, a tax based on their genealogy and …