Women in Mexico’s informal economy can empower themselves. Review: Pink Gold: Women, Shrimp, and Work in Mexico, María L Cruz-Torres University of Texas Press #Bookreviews #books #Mexico #LatinAmerica #women #labour #informaleconomy #genderequality #capitalism HERE tinyurl.com/2eftprwd

Like the Native Americans before them, the crisis faced by Puerto Ricans is a product of continuing US settler-colonialism. Review: Making Never-Never Land, Mónica A Jiménez Mónica A. Jiménez UNC Press #bookreviews #PuertoRico #imperialism #law #racism HERE tinyurl.com/5fh62kbb

The impact of oil contamination in Ecuador extends far beyond the natural environment. Review: Reckoning with Harm, Amelia M Fiske University of Texas Press #BookReviews #Books #LatinAmerica #Ecuador #pollution #oil #environment HERE tinyurl.com/arsyp6h8

Coming up this Thursday! Chatting books with author Sergio Gutiérrez Negrón sergio gutiérrez negrón ...

When it comes to Indigenous Mexican food, imperialism has left a bad taste. Review: Mesquite Pods to Mezcal, eds Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, Shanti Morell-Hart, and Stacie King University of Texas Press #bookreviews #books #Mexico #LatinAmerica #food #Indigenous HERE tinyurl.com/2p94dshc

The traces of Mexican revolutionary nationalism are everywhere. Review: Visible Ruins, Mónica Salas Landa Monica Salas Landa 🥑 #CeasefireNOW University of Texas Press #bookreview #bookreviews #books #Mexico #revolution #ideology #art #publicart #nationalism HERE tinyurl.com/45u7muwa

Corruption and betrayal maintain ‘the world’s oldest colony’. Review: Puerto Rico: A National History, Jorell Meléndez-Badillo J.Meléndez-Badillo Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s #LatinAmerica #UnitedStates #imperialism #colonialism #nationalism HERE tinyurl.com/yc7prjpy

Want to change the world? Then take a look at Latin America. Review: Coloniality of Power and Progressive Politics in Latin America ronaldo munck Springer Publishing Dublin City University #LatinAmerica #bookreviews #Andes #indigenous #postsocialism #globalization HERE tinyurl.com/yc7du6ev

A new introduction to Colombia keeps its ear firmly to the ground. Review: Colombia at a Crossroads, Richard McColl Richard McColl ColombiaCalling #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #Colombia #politics #history #politicalculture #popularculture HERE tinyurl.com/ykd8fvrd

1/4 Flattered and overwhelmed by this review of my book on the Latin American Review of Books. Thank you! latamrob.com/taking-colombi…

Mexican Americans have a gift for understanding the shifting ground we all occupy. Review: A Face Out Of Clay: Poems, Brent Ameneyro Brent Ameneyro Los Angeles Review Letras Latinas Colorado State University #bookreviews #books #poetry #poets #chicanx #latinx HERE tinyurl.com/39ypbhu2

An odyssey without end. Review: Ambassador of Nowhere, Richard Gwyn Seren #LatinAmerica #bookreviews #poetry #poems #poets #Nicaragua #Argentina #Colombia #Mexico #travelogue HERE tinyurl.com/445uh2vr

Distinctive and defiant, comic art in Latin America is also a mirror on reality. Review: Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century, James Scorer University of Texas Press #comics #comicart #bookreviews #books #LatinAmerica #visualculture #culture HERE tinyurl.com/96e7thum

Immigration and the US: a "crisis" of its own making. Review: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Jonathan Blitzer Jonathan Blitzer Picador Books #UnitedStates #immigration #Mexico #CentralAmerica #bookreviews #books HERE tinyurl.com/4zfym36p

Social class and sexual identity may go hand in hand. Review: The Struggle to be Gay—in Mexico, For Example, Roger N Lancaster Roger Lancaster University of California Press George Mason University #queerstudies #mexico #identity #latinamerica #socialclass HERE tinyurl.com/nhjtsj2v

Imperialism has failed to erase the creative identity of an entire region. Review: Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America, Kency Cornejo Duke University Press #PostcolonialStudies #LatinAmericanStudies #CentralAmerica #art #imperialism HERE tinyurl.com/482phc5d

Violence in Mexico is fuelled by a new kind of state that no longer undertakes key roles of governance. Review: Sovereignty and Extortion, Claudio Lomnitz Claudio Lomnitz Duke University Press #bookreviews #books #Mexico #sovereignty #LatinAmerica #AnthroTwitter HERE tinyurl.com/vwbkecbu

If you think US interest in Venezuela is driven by a passion for ‘democracy’, think again. Review: Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire, Anya Parampil Anya Parampil OR Books The Grayzone #LatinAmerica #Venezuela #imperialism HERE tinyurl.com/55ew8x9p

A prostitute’s memoir reveals striking differences in Latin American feminist thinking. Review: Daughter, Mother, Grandmother, and Whore, Gabriela Leite Duke University Press #Brazil #LatinAmerica #feminism #women #prostitution #neoliberalism #intersectional HERE tinyurl.com/3dvbsu62

A telenovela was shaping global culture before neoliberalism spoiled the party. Review: Romancing Yesenia, Masha Salazkina Masha Salazkina University of California Press #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #Mexico #Brazil #popularculture #cinema HERE tinyurl.com/mjm8r2md