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Reviews in October 2008
LatAmRoB, Volume 2, Number 9
América: what’s in a word?
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John Charles Chasteen’s latest historical epic raises serious
questions about one country’s monopoly over the word
‘American’ Continue reading
And the state invented woman
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Joanne Hershfield explores how a new concept of womankind was forged in post-revolutionary Mexico Continue reading
Nationalism’s uncomfortable truths
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Is it wise to use Mexico as the basis for a framework in which to study women, ethnicity and nationalism
in Latin America? Continue reading
Haiti’s unending agony
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Randall Robinson’s examination of US involvement in the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide is passionate but overblown Continue reading
Speak up Neto
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El silencio de Neto deserves the acclaim it received as a Guatemalan cinematic achievement, but could have spoken more loudly about the country’s history Continue reading
2 October is not forgotten
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Rojo Amanecer brings memories
of the Tlatelolco massacre to life
with its vivid portrayal of state
terrorism in Mexico Continue reading
A testing text
Final Exam was Julio Cortázar’s first novel but the last published – fitting, perhaps, for a plot that purposefully lacks direction Continue reading
Young but untouchable
Boy Kills Man may be short but, like the Colombian child killers it depicts, its effect on the reader will be deadly Continue reading
One Island, Many Voices
The Houses of Old Cuba
Find yourself, step by step
Danzón has stood the test of time as a classic of Mexican cinema and remains an alluring tale about respect between the sexes Continue reading
Ronda nocturna
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