Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

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Jennifer L. Lambe, "The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba" (UNC Press, 2024)

September 13, 2024

The Subject of Revolution

Jennifer L. Lambe
Hosted by Katie Coldiron

From television to travel bans, geopolitics to popular dance, The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba (UNC Press, 202…

Jennifer Domino Rudolph, "Baseball as Mediated Latinidad: Race, Masculinity, Nationalism, and Performances of Identity" (Ohio State UP, 2020)

September 10, 2024

Baseball as Mediated Latinidad

Jennifer Domino Rudolph

In her incisive study Baseball as Mediated Latinidad: Race, Masculinity, Nationalism, and Performances of Identity (Ohio State University Press, 2020)…

Aaron M. Hyman, "Rubens in Repeat: The Logic of the Copy in Colonial Latin America" (Getty, 2021)

September 3, 2024

Rubens in Repeat

Aaron M. Hyman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish…

Christine Folch, "The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History" (Princeton UP, 2024)

September 1, 2024

The Book of Yerba Mate

Christine Folch
Hosted by Mark Klobas

Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid efferves…

Javier Muñoz-Díaz et al., "Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum: Latin American and Latinx Sources" (Routledge, 2024)

September 1, 2024

Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum

Javier Muñoz-Díaz, Kathia Ibacache, and Leila Gómez
Hosted by Jen Hoyer

In Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum: Latin American and Latinx Sources (Routledge, 2024), Javier Muñoz-Díaz, Kathia Ibacache, and …

Jennifer Ponce de León, "Another Aesthetics Is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War" (Duke UP, 2021)

August 23, 2024

Another Aesthetics Is Possible

Jennifer Ponce de León

In Another Aesthetics Is Possible: Arts of Rebellion in the Fourth World War (Duke UP, 2021), Jennifer Ponce de León examines the roles that art can p…

Gregory Makoff, "Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring" (Georgetown UP, 2024)

August 20, 2024

Default

Gregory Makoff
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law. Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, n…

Stephanie L Canizales, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States" (U California Press, 2024)

August 18, 2024

Sin Padres, Ni Papeles

Stephanie L Canizales
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented migrations across Central America and Mexico to the United States in pur…

Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall, "Haitian History: New Perspectives" (Routledge, 2012)

August 17, 2024

Haitian History

Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

Despite Haiti's proximity to the United States, and its considerable importance to our own history, Haiti barely registered in the historic consciousn…

Claudio Lomnitz, "Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico" (Duke UP, 2024)

August 15, 2024

Sovereignty and Extortion

Claudio Lomnitz
Hosted by Richard Grijalva

Over the past fifteen years in Mexico, more than 450,000 people have been murdered and 110,000 more have been disappeared. In Sovereignty and Extortio…

Jaclyn Sumner, "Indigenous Autocracy: Power, Race, and Resources in Porfirian Tlaxcala, Mexico" (Stanford UP, 2023)

August 14, 2024

Indigenous Autocracy

Jaclyn Sumner
Hosted by Ethan Fredrick

When General Porfirio Díaz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico's first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growth--t…

Ana Raquel Minian, "Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration" (Harvard UP, 2018)

August 13, 2024

Undocumented Lives

Ana Raquel Minian
Hosted by Lori Flores

In the 1970s, the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the U…

Frederick Luis Aldama, "Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities" (U Arizona Press, 2020)

August 9, 2024

Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities

Frederick Luis Aldama
Hosted by Jaime Sánchez

An early wave of research helped make visible the complex dynamics of sexuality and gender norms in Latino life, but a new generation of scholars is b…

David M. K. Sheinin and David S. Koffman, "Promised Lands North and South: Jewish Canada and Jewish Argentina in Conversation" (Brill, 2024)

August 3, 2024

Promised Lands North and South

David M. K. Sheinin and David S. Koffman
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

This book puts two of the most significant Jewish Diaspora communities outside of the U.S. into conversation with one another. At times contributor-pa…

Jane-Marie Collins, "Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888" (Liverpool UP, 2023)

August 1, 2024

Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood

Jane-Marie Collins
Hosted by Katrina Anderson

Jane-Marie Collins's book Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888 (Liverpool UP, 2023) examines three major currents i…

Sarah Osten, "The Mexican Revolution's Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

July 23, 2024

The Mexican Revolution's Wake

Sarah Osten
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

Throughout the 1920s Mexico was rocked by attempted coups, assassinations, and popular revolts. Yet by the mid-1930s, the country boasted one of the m…

Lisandro Perez, "Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York" (NYU Press, 2018)

July 22, 2024

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

Lisandro Perez
Hosted by Beth Harpaz

A new book reveals an incredible slice of Cuban-American history that’s been all but forgotten until now. Lisandro Perez's Sugar, Cigars and Revolutio…

A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto, "Histories of Solitude: Colombia, 1820s-1970s" (Routledge, 2024)

July 22, 2024

Histories of Solitude

A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto

By combining chronological coverage, analytical breadth, and interdisciplinary approaches, these two volumes—Histories of Solitude: Colombia, 1820s-19…

Robert Weis, "For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

July 19, 2024

For Christ and Country

Robert Weis
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

Why did José de León Toral kill Álvaro Obregón, leader of the Mexican Revolution? So far, historians have characterized the motivations of the young C…

Mónica A. Jiménez, "Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico" (UNC Press, 2024)

July 14, 2024

Making Never-Never Land

Mónica A. Jiménez
Hosted by Jonathan Cortez

Myths about the powers held by the United States are often supported by the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, which derives its logic from the interp…