Reviews in July 2009

LatAmRoB, Volume 3, Number 7


Much ado about respect

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Forget Open Veins of Latin America, Lars Schoultz offers a much more enlightening window upon the main obstacle to better US relations in Latin America Continue reading

A conversation with Lars Schoultz

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Lars Schoultz is a noted academic and the author of That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution. Here he discusses the book and US policy towards Cuba.
Photo: Dan Sears
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Davi versus Goliath

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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami has a mission: to save his people from the ravages of mining and deforestation in the Amazon. He tells Georgina Jiménez why a world threatened by environmental vandalism must take note
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Chewing away a boom

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A fascinating history of chicle production sheds light on the fragility of extractive industries
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Chopping and chewing: Q&A with Jennifer Mathews

The author of Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, from the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley answers questions about gum use over the ages and the magnates who built fortunes upon it Continue reading

The walking wounded

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Studs Terkel’s classic account of the life of a migrant Mexican farm worker has been converted into a highly original comic format

 

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The phone booth on the corner

David Iaconangelo explains why he founded ZafraLit, a new blog featuring writing by contemporary Cuban authors translated into English Continue reading

The errors of the avant-garde

A study of photography helps us to understand how the prophets of Latin American modernism built ethics into their perspectives Continue reading

Cuba mia: Retrato de una orquesta de mujeres

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Gender and the Mexican Revolution

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Rage

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Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America

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