Reviews in December 2008

LatAmRoB, Volume 2, Number 11


Hard questions about soft power

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A provocative collection of essays edited by Fred Rosen provides clues to the future of US influence in Latin America

 

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(Sleazy) tales of revolution and betrayal

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Ronald Flores examines the work of the Salvadorean novelist Horacio Castellanos Moya, one of Central America’s most prolific writers whose Senselessness (Insensatez) was published this year by New Directions Continue reading

A journey around my father

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In El olvido que seremos, Héctor Abad Faciolince implores a desensitised Colombia not to forget its dead

 

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Don’t shoot me until after Christmas

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A remarkable short story reveals
how violence has permeated
Colombian literary culture

 

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Neither but both

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Lucía Puenzo’s XXy is a mature
and intelligent reflection on the dilemmas of ‘intersexuality’

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Muchacha in the maquila

Teresa Healy explores how US car giants employed women in Mexico as a stick with which to beat male workers Continue reading

Status non quo

Puerto Rico’s pursuit of a viable, realistic future can teach us much about what nationalism should be for Continue reading

The confused cupid

Valentín is sweet, but his foray into community relations is a distraction to the main event Continue reading

Chilango backbone

Drudgery and inequality may be among the defining characteristics of Mexico City, but David Lida explains why it is still the ‘capital of the 21st century’ Continue reading

Noche Buena. Hispanic American Christmas Stories

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Kiltro

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Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes

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La Ciénaga

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