Reviews in October 2009

LatAmRoB, Volume 3, Number 10


Empowered bastards

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Michael Caylo-Baradi analyses how Los bastardos by Mexican director Amat Escalante reverses the power dynamic for California’s undocumented labourers

 

 

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Virtual dreams and nightmares

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A world where truth and virtual reality collide is depicted in the brilliant Sueños digitales by Edmundo Paz Soldán, who will be appearing at the Vancouver International Writers Festival this month
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Words in revolution

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Does the ‘democratisation of culture’ in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez spell indoctrination?
When it comes to publishing, the jury is still out, say Montague Kobbe and Adolfo Calero
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The loyal traitor

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Rosario Ferré’s A la sombra de tu nombre may allude to the shadow cast culturally across her native Puerto Rico

 

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The poverty of abundance

The dynamic US-Mexico borderlands provide a valuable opportunity to explore the role ‘necessity’ plays in contemporary consumer culture Continue reading

A woman’s place is in her movement

Jane Jaquette brings readers interested in Latin American feminism up to date on why progress in some areas has been so limited Continue reading

Lost city… and opportunity

The Lost City was a labour of love for Andy Garcia but offers a strangely disconnected and predictably loaded vision of Cuban political history Continue reading

The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela

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Días amarillos

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A Walk to the River in Amazonia

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Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America

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