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Analyzes parallel developments in post–Cold War literature and film from Cuba and Angola to trace a shared history of revolutionary enthusiasm, disappointment, and solidarity. In Forms of Disappoint……続きを見る

Examines the theory and practice of nonfiction narrative literature in twentieth-century Mexico. Winner of the 2012 Best Book in the Humanities presented by the Mexico Section of the Latin American ……続きを見る

Provides in-depth analyses of key moments in Brazilian utopianism, including theologico-political, matriarchal, environmental, and work-free utopias. States of Grace offers a novel approach to the s……続きを見る

Examines the evolution of disappearance as a formal narrative and epistemological phenomenon in late twentieth-century Argentine fiction. More than thirty thousand people were forcibly disappeared d……続きを見る

Demonstrates how film adaptations intersect with feminist discourse in neoliberal Mexico. Adapting Gender offers a cogent introduction to Mexico's film industry, the history of women's filmmaking in……続きを見る

An engaging and insightful guide to Argentine crime fiction since 2000. Argentina Noir offers a guide to Argentine crime fiction, with a focus on works published since the year 2000. It argues that ……続きを見る

A comparative study of Latin American and francophone postcoloniality. Imagining the Postcolonial is the first book dedicated to comparative analysis of Latin American and francophone postcolonial i……続きを見る

A collection of essays on theories of space in relation to Havana. Cuban Intersections of Literary and Urban Spaces examines Havana as a center where urban and literary spaces often come together. T……続きを見る

A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges's most famous stories. In this groundbreaking book, Jorge J. E. Gracia explores the artistic interpretation of fiction fr……続きを見る

Analyzes contemporary Maya narratives. Recovering Lost Footprints is the first full-length critical study to analyze Latin American Indigenous literary narratives in a systematic manner. In the book……続きを見る

Provides an innovative and theoretically rigorous approach to the subject of testimony in Latin America. This book rethinks the nature of testimony beyond the ground of the human in works produced i……続きを見る

Analyzes contemporary Yucatecan and Chiapanecan Maya narratives. Recovering Lost Footprints, Volume 2 is an in-depth analysis of the sociohistorical conflict impacting Indigenous communities in Lati……続きを見る

Expanded edition with new chapters and updates to the translation and bibliography. Borges cites innumerable authors in the pages making up his life's work, and innumerable authors have cited and co……続きを見る

Examines the work of prolific Dominican American writer Julia Alvarez. This is the first collection of critical essays on the works of Dominican American author Julia Alvarez. A prolific writer of n……続きを見る

Situates Borges at the limit of philosophy and literature. Kant's Dog provides fresh insight into Borges's preoccupation with the contradiction of the time that passes and the identity that endures.……続きを見る

An English translation, with introduction and annotations, of a selection of the letters and verse that José María Heredia (b. Cuba, 1803; d. Mexico, 1839), wrote during his months of political exil……続きを見る

Studies the influence of the plastic arts on the major writers of Latin American modernism. Painting Modernism demonstrates the influence of painting and sculpture on the work of the major writers o……続きを見る

Analyzes the literary representations of women in Salvadoran and US-Salvadoran narratives since 1980. Changing Women, Changing Nation explores the literary representations of women in Salvadoran and……続きを見る

Analyzes the theme of self-sacrifice in Puerto Rican literature through psychoanalytic theory. Malady and Genius examines the recurring theme of self-sacrifice in Puerto Rican literature during the ……続きを見る

This book revisits Jean Rhys’s ground-breaking 1966 novel to explore its cultural and artistic influence in the areas of not only literature and literary criticism, but fashion design, visual art, a……続きを見る

Analyzes literary and cultural representations of iconic Mexican women to explore how these reimaginings can undermine or perpetuate gender norms in contemporary Mexico. 2019 CHOICE Outstanding Acad……続きを見る

An interdisciplinary consideration of Paul Gilroy's contributions to cultural theory and understandings of modernity. In the more than twenty years since the publication of his book The Black Atlant……続きを見る

Analyzes the diverse roles and pervasive presence of disability in Latin American literature and film. Libre Acceso stages an innovative encounter between disciplines that have remained quite separa……続きを見る

Examines the life of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg through the lens of both Blackness and latinidad**.** A Black Puerto Rican–born scholar, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) was a well-known collector……続きを見る

Revisits a foundational moment in Argentine history to demonstrate how the crisis of modernity opened up new possibilities for imagining kinship otherwise. Winner of the 2020 Best Book in the Ninete……続きを見る

Winner of the 2006 Andrés Bello Award for Memory and Ibero-American Thought In this evocatively written book, Germán Patiño Ossa presents the cultural universe and national identities of Colombia th……続きを見る

At the intersection of translation studies and Latin American literary studies, The Translator's Visibility examines contemporary novels by a cohort of writers – including prominent figures such as ……続きを見る

This book examines the modes of representation of the East in Argentinean literature since the country’s independence, in works by canonical authors such as Esteban Echeverría, Juan B. Alberdi, Domi……続きを見る

Pensar el jardín desde tres autores emblemáticos de la narrativa chilena –Couve, Wacquez y Donoso– permite experimentar la tensión implicada en ese espacio: su carga simbólica, cuyos ecos llegan has……続きを見る

El tomo IV de la Historia feminista de la literatura argentina abarca el período 1990-2020. El proyecto se ocupa de revisar los archivos y resignificarlos, cuestionando tanto sus fundamentos patriar……続きを見る