Books that Breathe the Everyday Life of El Alto, Bolivia (Review)
Los Hijos de Goni and No Me Jodas, No Te Jodo, two books from El Alto publishing house Sobre Selectas, invite people to experience the intricacies of the city and its people.
The Secret Agent (Review)
Kleber Mendonça Filho's latest political thriller, O agente secreto, comes at the end of an exceptional year for Brazilian films set during the military dictatorship.
Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940 (Review)
Elizabeth O’Brien’s well-sourced book unearths the long-running roots of the gyneco-obstetric violence women in Mexico still face today.
Searching for Memory: Aluízio Palmar and the Shadow of Dictatorship in Brazil (Review)
Jacob Blanc’s new book sheds light on the extraordinary life of a Brazilian hero while pushing forward our understanding of memory and the role of the historian.
The Last Door: A History of Torture in Mexico’s War Against Subversives (Review)
Gladys I. McCormick’s new book is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of torture in Mexico at the hands of the State.
Bad Bunny and the Politics of Joyful Resistance
Through pleasure and language, Bad Bunny challenges erasure and invites us to examine how joy can disrupt, reclaim, and reimagine connection.
The Future of Hip Hop is in Indigenous Languages
The First International Indigenous Hip Hop Festival brings together artists from across Abya Yala to the birthplace of Hip Hop, the South Bronx.
La Voz del Anonimato/The Voice of Anonymity (Review)
Layqa Nuna Yawar’s new exhibition carefully crafts an aesthetic uniting Indigenous peoples and Andean immigrants, linking both through Indigenous principles of Andean Philosophy.
Brazilian Belonging: Jewish Politics in Cold War Latin America (Review)
Rom’s book is an archivally rich account of how Jewish individuals and institutions grappled with rapidly shifting politics—and state violence—before, during, and after the Cold War.
A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a St...
Haley Cohen Gilliland’s book powerfully tells the story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, an organization whose challenge to Argentina’s dictatorship is as relevant now as ever before.
The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History (Review)
Jarquín’s excellent book details the Sandinista revolution, its regional stakes, and the contradictory effects brought by external involvement.
Dissident Peace: Autonomous Struggles and the State in Colombia (Review)
Anthony Dest’s Dissident Peace is a study of political possibilities in Colombia in a period that begins with the signing
