Author Archives: Angie Isaak

En America Latina, la expansion economica y la influencia cultural de Estados Unidos no hubiera sido posible sin una proliferacion de publicaciones y nuevos conocimientos sobre la region en campos de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades. El libro enfatiza … Continue reading →

In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social messages behind the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as “Donald Duck” comics, … Continue reading →

Can modernity be imagined as a “war on affect” propelled by the unequal distribution of guilt and fear as major forces of containment? Exploring Walter Benjamin’s early texts on violence and religion and bringing them to bear upon contemporary struggles, … Continue reading →

El libro es producto del debate sobre presentaciones y efectos de la hibridez en Latinoamérica, considerando también el Brasil, el Caribe y la cultura hispano-norteamericana. Las contribuciones reunidas abarcan posiciones y campos diversos de investigación, posibilitando un diálogo imparcial sobre … Continue reading →

This wide-ranging comparative study argues for a fundamental reassessment of the literary history of the nineteenth-century United States within the transamerican and multilingual contexts that shaped it. Drawing on an array of texts in English, French and Spanish by both … Continue reading →

Ideas about law are undergoing dramatic change in Latin America. The consolidation of democracy as the predominant form of government and the proliferation of transnational legal instruments have ushered in an era of new legal conceptions and practices. Law has … Continue reading →

Is it always true that decentralization reforms put more power in the hands of governors and mayors? In post-developmental Latin America, the surprising answer to this question is no. In fact, a variety of outcomes are possible, depending largely on … Continue reading →

This engaging book explores Latin America cinema since 2000, an extraordinary period of international recognition. Leading specialists consider the reasons for the unprecedented commercial and critical successes of movies such as “City of God”, “The Motorcycle Diaries”, “Y Tu Mam … Continue reading →