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  • Left in Transformation

    Uruguayan Exiles and the Latin American Human Rights Network, 1967 -1984

    by Vania Markarian ...
    Series series Latin American Studies
    This book takes an innovative look at international relations. Focusing on the worldwide campaign against abuses by the right-wing authoritarian regime in Uruguay (1973-1984), it explores how norms and ideas interact with political interests, both global and domestic. It examines joint actions by differently-motivated actors such as the leftist activists who had to flee Uruguay in these years, the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Uruguay, 1968

    Student Activism from Global Counterculture to Molotov Cocktails

    by Vania Markarian ...
    Series Book 1 - Violence in Latin American History
    The tumultuous 1960s saw a generation of Latin American youth enter into political life in unprecedented numbers. Though some have argued that these young-radical movements were inspired by the culture and politics of social movements burgeoning in Europe and the United States, youth activism developed its own distinct form in Latin America. In this book, Vania Markarian explores how the Uruguayan ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • Without Fidel

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  • Everything You Need to Know About Latino History

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    The popular primer to Latino life and culture.Latinos represent the fastest-growing ethnic population in the United States. In an accessible and entertaining question-and-answer format, this completely revised 2008 edition provides the most current perspective on Latino history in the making, including:• New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s announced candidacy for the 2008 presidential election• ... Read more

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  • Hybrid Cultures

    Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity

    by Nestor Garcia Canclini ...
    Translated by Christopher L. Chiappari, Silvia L. Lopez ...
    When it was originally published, Hybrid Cultures was foundational to Latin American cultural studies. This now-classic work features a new introduction in which Nestor Garcia Canclini calls for a cultural politics to contain the damaging effects of globalization and responds to relevant theoretical developments over the past decade.Garcia Canclini questions whether Latin America can compete in a ... Read more

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  • Isabel Allende

    A Literary Companion

    by Mary Ellen Snodgrass ...
    Series Book 13 - McFarland Literary Companions
    Isabel Allende--"la Famosa" to her fellow Chileans--is the world's most widely read Spanish language author. Her career coincides with the emergence of multiculturalism and global feminism, and her powerfully honest, revelatory works touch the pulse points of humankind. Her bravura study of the interwoven roles of women in family history opens the minds of outsiders to the sufferings of women and ... Read more

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    Experiencia de un Salvadore-o Americano

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  • Fleshing the Spirit

    Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives

    Edited by Elisa Facio, Irene Lara ...
    Fleshing the Spirit brings together established and new writers exploring the relationships between the physical body, the spirit and spirituality, and social justice activism. Examining the complex and dynamic connections among these concepts, the writers emphasize the value of “flesh and blood experience” as a site of knowledge. They argue that spirituality—something quite different from ... Read more

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  • The Borderlands of Race

    Mexican Segregation in a South Texas Town

    by Jennifer R. Nájera ...
    Throughout much of the twentieth century, Mexican Americans experienced segregation in many areas of public life, but the structure of Mexican segregation differed from the strict racial divides of the Jim Crow South. Factors such as higher socioeconomic status, lighter skin color, and Anglo cultural fluency allowed some Mexican Americans to gain limited access to the Anglo power structure. ... Read more

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  • Sponsored Migration

    The State and Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the United States

    by Edgardo Meléndez ...
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    Puerto Rico is often left out of conversations on migration and transnationalism within the Latino context. Sponsored Migration: The State and Puerto Rican Postwar Migration to the United States by Edgardo Meléndez seeks to rectify this oversight, serving as a comprehensive study of the factors affecting Puerto Rican migration to the United States from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Examining the ... Read more

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