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Latin American Studies
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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 …
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