http://www.latamrob.com Fine writing about and from Latin America Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:23:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Georgina Jiménez explains why Tusk is not Alejandro Jodorowksy’s greatest work, but still leaves viewers scratching their heads   http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1220   The former Argentine Montonero Ernesto Mallo ambushes the reader with cruel efficiency   http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1217   A collection that brings together different perspectives on urban informality offers the prospect of fostering a new area study   http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1216 Natalie Welsh’s dramatic true story about her escape from a Venezuelan jail raises questions about how we portray this country http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1219 Why should the traditional family with a patriarch at the helm be the organizing principle for Chicano cultural nationalism? http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1218 Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview and Other Conversations Mónica Maristain, translated by Sybil Perez 2010, Melville House Publishing Black and Green: Afro-Colombians, Development, and Nature in the Pacific Lowlands Kiran Asher 2009, Duke University Press Searching for Africa in Brazil Stefania Capone 2010, Duke University Press The Undiscovered Island Darrell Kastin ... http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1215 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1211 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1212 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1213 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1214