Nora E. Jaffary is a professor of history at Concordia University. She is the author of Reproduction and Its Discontents in Mexico: Childbirth and Contraception from 1750 to 1905 and False Mystics: Deviant Orthodoxy in Colonial Mexico (Nebraska, 2008). Her … Continue reading Excerpt: Abortion in Mexico
Helga Baitenmann is an associate fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London. She is the coeditor of Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico. Her new book Matters of Justice: Pueblos, the Judiciary, and Agrarian … Continue reading Excerpt: Matters of Justice
The following is an excerpt from The Estrada Plot: How the FBI Captured a Secret Army and Stopped the Invasion of Mexico by Bill Mills (Potomac Books, April). After months of living with only the barest of necessities while battling Obregón’s forces … Continue reading Excerpt: The Estrada Plot
The following is an excerpt from The Supernatural Sublime: The Wondrous Ineffability of the Everyday in Films from Mexico and Spain by Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández and Claudia Schaefer. It is part of the New Hispanisms series, which publishes innovative studies that … Continue reading Excerpt: The Supernatural Sublime
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in April. Jackson Adams: The spring of 2015 feels like an age ago but … Continue reading Publicist Picks: A Major Chance for a Minor League, a Silent Stadium, and other April Books
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Apostle of Progress: Modesto C. Rolland, Global Progressivism, and the Engineering of Revolutionary Mexico (January 2019) by J. Justin Castro. This is the newest title in the The Mexican Experience series, which includes books … Continue reading Excerpt: Apostle of Progress
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of A Revolution Unfinished: The Chegomista Rebellion and the Limits of Revolutionary Democracy in Juchitán, Oaxaca (November 2018) by Colby Ristow. This is the latest book in the Mexican Experience Series which explores the … Continue reading Excerpt: A Revolution Unfinished
The following books are now available in paperback editions. Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities: Toward an Eco-Crip Theory, edited and with an introduction by Sarah Jaquette Ray an Jay Sibara “The most significant disability studies anthology to emerge … Continue reading Now in Paperback
The following books are now available in paperback editions. The Soccer Diaries: An American’s Thirty-Year Pursuit of the International Game by Michael J. Agovino “An intimate and wonderfully written account of a sport that is increasingly shaking America’s soul out.”—Colum McCann, author of … Continue reading Now in Paperback
The Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies annual meeting begins tomorrow in Reno, Nevada. Stop by our table to check out some of our newest books! San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site … Continue reading RMCLAS preview
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