The Latin American Review of Books http://www.latamrob.com Fine writing about and from Latin America Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Elephantine elegy http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1220 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1220#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:50:59 +0000 admin http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1220  aug-images-ganesh.jpg

Georgina Jiménez explains why
Tusk is not Alejandro Jodorowksy’s greatest work, but still leaves viewers scratching their heads

 

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The former Argentine Montonero Ernesto Mallo ambushes the reader with cruel efficiency

 

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A collection that brings together different perspectives on urban informality offers the prospect of fostering a new area study

 

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]]> http://www.latamrob.com/?feed=rss2&p=1216 Hellish questions http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1219 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1219#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:35:03 +0000 admin http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1219 Natalie Welsh’s dramatic true story about her escape from a Venezuelan jail raises questions about how we portray this country (more…)

]]> http://www.latamrob.com/?feed=rss2&p=1219 Family matters http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1218 http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1218#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:30:40 +0000 admin http://www.latamrob.com/?p=1218 Why should the traditional family with a patriarch at the helm be the organizing principle for Chicano cultural nationalism? (more…)

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Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Mónica Maristain, translated by
Sybil Perez
2010, Melville House Publishing

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Black and Green: Afro-Colombians,
Development, and Nature in the
Pacific Lowlands
Kiran Asher
2009, Duke University Press

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Searching for Africa in Brazil
Stefania Capone
2010, Duke University Press

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The Undiscovered Island
Darrell Kastin
2009, University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth

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