A brilliant study of
 the humble postage
 stamp in Latin
 America reveals
 hidden - and deeply
 political - messages

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Behind the cover

Jack Child, author of the pioneering semiotic study of Latin American stamps, Miniature Messages, reveals why his 60-year project has been a labour of love - and what we can learn from the political statements concealed within these images Continue reading

Seeing the invisible

A stunning collection of work by master photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo reveals how he provided an imprint of Mexican culture and identity that went beyond the mere documentary

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No escape from the human condition

Las viudas de los jueves creates a
microcosm of Argentine society in which hypocritical arrivistes are doomed to fail in their bid to shut
out the squalor beyond Continue reading

Pirouetting towards Hell

Dana Rotberg’s bleak
and fatalistic
Angel de Fuego
struggles to achieve
the status of a parable Continue reading

Jewel in an American empire

Louis Pérez helps to explain
why US reflexes towards Cuba are so visceral

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Man burgers for lunch

Vegetarians will be horrified to
discover that cannibals have feelings too, in this remarkable translation of Hans Staden’s classic colonial narrative

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All about context

Stephen Hart’s companion to Latin American literature explains the historical background to literary production as well as what it says Continue reading

A war without battles

Roddy Brett’s harrowing examination of State violence during Guatemala’s civil war makes a significant contribution to debates about democratic consolidation Continue reading

Tieta do Agreste

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Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead

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Made in Mexico: Zapotec Weavers and the Global Ethnic Art Market

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Mexico Between Hitler and Roosevelt

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