This definitive account of the Chicano movement in 1960s Denver reveals the intolerance and brutality that inspired and accompanied the urban Chicano organization known as the Crusade for Justice. Ernesto …
The first Latin American actor to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood’s top actors. Born Ramón Samaniego to a prominent Mexican family, he arrived in …
EuropAmerikas beschäftigt sich mit der Gestaltung der transatlantischen Beziehungen, wobei insbesondere auch der Südatlantik in den Blick genommen wird. Jenseits etablierter Formeln vom “alten” Europa und den “neuen” Amerikas wird …
Space can best be defined not by looking at borders and territories but, rather, by focussing on movements of crossing and re-crossing. Today, the horizons of traditional Area Studies have …
Romance, Diaspora, and Black Atlantic Literature offers a rich, interdisciplinary treatment of modern black literature and cultural history, showing how debates over Africa in the works of major black writers …
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Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples’ movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four …
This second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field investigates the way in which travel writing has constructed …
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 …
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 …
