Rethinking Jewish-Latin Americans
These essays by noted scholars place Latin America's Jews squarely within the context of both Latin American and ethnic studies, a significant departure from traditional approaches that have treated Latin American Jewry as a subset of Jewish Studies.
Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821
A chronological overview of important art, sculpture, and architectural monuments of colonial Latin America within the economic and religious contexts of the era.
Raising an Empire
Children in Early Modern Iberia and Colonial Latin America
Raising an Empire takes readers on a journey into the world of children and childhood in early modern Ibero-America.
Remembering a Massacre in El Salvador
The Insurrection of 1932, Roque Dalton, and the Politics of Historical Memory
The authors provide the first systematic study of the infamous massacre now regarded as one of the most extreme cases of state-sponsored repression in modern Latin American history.
Christians, Blasphemers, and Witches
Afro-Mexican Ritual Practice in the Seventeenth Century
New information from Inquisition documents shows how African slaves in Mexico adapted to the constraints of the Church and the Spanish crown in order to survive in their communities.
Making the Americas
The United States and Latin America from the Age of Revolutions to the Era of Globalization
The author, an expert on business interests in Latin America, examines U.S. efforts, spanning two centuries, to impose economic dominance on the peoples of the Americas and the Latin American responses to these policies.
Private Passions and Public Sins
Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima
A Peruvian scholar focuses on the cultural significance of illicit sexual practices in seventeenth-century Lima.
Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives
Blacks in Colonial Latin America
A comprehensive study of African slavery in the colonies of Spain and Portugal in the New World.
From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil
Bahia, 1835-1900
The political and religious forces which led to the decline of the slave trade in nineteenth century Bahia, Brazil.
Malintzin's Choices
An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.
Local Religion in Colonial Mexico
The ten essays in Local Religion in Colonial Mexico provide information about the religious culture in colonial Mexico.
Plaza of Sacrifices
Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico
On October 2, 1968, up to 700 students were killed by government authorities while protesting in Mexico City - many of them women. This analysis of the role of women in the protest movement shows how the events of 1968 shaped modern Mexican society.
Mexico OtherWise
Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers
A diverse collection of observations on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico by non-Mexican authors.
Beyond Black and Red
African-Native Relations in Colonial Latin America
The first study of the complex relationships among the races in Latin America after Spanish colonization.
Women in the Crucible of Conquest
The Gendered Genesis of Spanish American Society, 1500-1600
The first history of women's contributions to the Spanish colonization of the New World.
Death, Dismemberment, and Memory
Body Politics in Latin America
The long history of the politically symbolic use of the bodies, or body parts, of martyred heroes in Latin America.
Dutra's World
Wealth and Family in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
The impact of slavery in 19th century Brazil is examined through the life of one typical slave owner who was also a former slave.
The Souls of Purgatory
The Spiritual Diary of a Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic, Ursula de Jesus
This translation of part of the diary of a 17th century Peruvian mystic includes the convent life of slaves and former slaves and baroque Catholic spiritual experiences from the perspective of a woman of color.
The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City
Performing Power and Identity
This cultural history examines the functions of public rituals in colonial Mexico City, often totaling as many as 100 celebrations in a year.
National Rhythms, African Roots
The Deep History of Latin American Popular Dance
John Chasteen examines the history behind sexually suggestive dances (salsa, samba, and tango) that brought people of different social classes and races together in Latin America.