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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse …
Beginning with Edmund Burke and 18th-century Rationalism, Gates discusses a wide range of key topics in contemporary cultural and Afro-American studies, from Raymond Williams and issues of identity, to Frantz …
A great power and a weaker, rival neighbor can eventually have normal relations. Prior to 1959, Cuba and the United States didn’t have normal relations and amid the Cold War, …
Ob die Delawaren in den USA, Indios in Mexiko oder die Kiranti-Bewegung in Nepal – seit knapp 20 Jahren fordern ethnische Bewegungen die Nationalstaaten in der außereuropäischen Welt heraus. Sie …
