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  • Orson Welles in Focus

    Texts and Contexts

    by James Naremore, Catherine Benamou, Vincent Longo, Marguerite Rippy, Craig Simpson, Matthew Solomon, Francois Thomas, Shawn VanCour0 ...
    Through his radio and film works, such as The War of the Worlds and Citizen Kane, Orson Welles became a household name in the United States. Yet Welles's multifaceted career went beyond these classic titles and included lesser-known but nonetheless important contributions to television, theater, newspaper columns, and political activism. Orson Welles in Focus: Texts and Contexts examines neglected ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Transnational Television and Latinx Diasporic Audiences

    Abrazos Electrónicos in Four Global Cities

    by Catherine L. Benamou ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is based on a mixed-method, longitudinal study of the transmission, production, and reception of Spanish- and Portuguese-language television in four global cities with expanding Latinx diasporic populations. The author tracks and analyzes the production practices of Spanish-language broadcasters, the highlights of news and cultural affairs coverage, changes in the shooting locations and ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

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    Testimony and Social Movements

    by Lynn Stephen ...
    A massive uprising against the Mexican state of Oaxaca began with the emergence of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) in June 2006. A coalition of more than 300 organizations, APPO disrupted the functions of Oaxaca's government for six months. It began to develop an inclusive and participatory political vision for the state. Testimonials were broadcast on radio and television ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy

    Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez

    Edited by David Smilde, Daniel Hellinger ...
    Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy brings together a variety of perspectives on participation and democracy in Venezuela. An interdisciplinary group of contributors focuses on the everyday lives of Venezuelans, examining the forms of participation that have emerged in communal councils, cultural activities, blogs, community media, and several other forums. The essays validate many of the critiques ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Kuxlejal Politics

    Indigenous Autonomy, Race, and Decolonizing Research in Zapatista Communities

    by Mariana Mora ...
    Over the past two decades, Zapatista indigenous community members have asserted their autonomy and self-determination by using everyday practices as part of their struggle for lekil kuxlejal, a dignified collective life connected to a specific territory. This in-depth ethnography summarizes Mariana Mora’s more than ten years of extended research and solidarity work in Chiapas, with Tseltal and ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Viva la historieta

    Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of Globalization

    by Bruce Campbell ...
    ¡Viva la historieta! critically examines the participation of Mexican comic books in the continuing debate over the character and consequences of globalization in Mexico. The focus of the book is on graphic narratives produced by and for Mexicans in the period following the 1994 implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an economic accord that institutionalized the free ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • I'm Neither Here nor There

    Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty

    by Patricia Zavella ...
    I’m Neither Here nor There explores how immigration influences the construction of family, identity, and community among Mexican Americans and migrants from Mexico. Based on long-term ethnographic research, Patricia Zavella describes how poor and working-class Mexican Americans and migrants to California’s central coast struggle for agency amid the region’s deteriorating economic conditions and ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Keywords for Latina/o Studies

    Edited by Nancy Raquel Mirabal, Deborah R. Vargas, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes ...
    Series Book 6 - Keywords
    2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by CHOICE MagazineIntroduces key terms, concepts, debates, and histories for Latinx StudiesKeywords for Latina/o Studies is a generative text that enhances the ongoing dialogue within a rapidly growing and changing field. The keywords included in this collection represent established and emergent terms, categories, and concepts that undergird Latina/o studies ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • U.S. Central Americans

    Reconstructing Memories, Struggles, and Communities of Resistance

    Edited by Karina Oliva Alvarado, Alicia Ivonne Estrada, Ester E. Hernández ...
    In summer 2014, a surge of unaccompanied child migrants from Central America to the United States gained mainstream visibility—yet migration from Central America has been happening for decades. U.S. Central Americans explores the shared yet distinctive experiences, histories, and cultures of 1.5-and second-generation Central Americans in the United States.While much has been written about U.S. and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Latina/o Midwest Reader

    Edited by Omar Valerio-Jimenez, Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez ...
    Series series Latinos in Chicago and Midwest
    From 2000 to 2010, the Latino population increased by more than 73 percent across eight midwestern states. These interdisciplinary essays explore issues of history, education, literature, art, and politics defining today’s Latina/o Midwest. Some contributors delve into the Latina/o revitalization of rural areas, where communities have launched bold experiments in dual-language immersion education ... Read more

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  • Consumers And Citizens

    Globalization and Multicultural Conflicts

    by Nestor Garcia Canclini ...
    Series series Cultural Studies of the Americas
    An essential analysis of the ways consumerism and globalization intersect with political power.In Consumers and Citizens, Néstor García Canclini, the best-known and most innovative cultural studies scholar in Latin America, maps the critical effects of urban sprawl and global media and commodity markets on citizens-and shows at the same time that the complex results mean not only a shrinkage of ... Read more

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  • Twenty-First-Century Feminismos

    Women's Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Edited by Simone Bohn, Charmain Levy ...
    Series Book 4 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice in the Global South
    The women’s movement is a central, complex, and evolving socio-political actor in any national context. Vital to advancing gender equity and gendered relations in every contemporary society, the organization and mobilization of women into social movements challenges patriarchal values, behaviours, laws, and policies through collective action and contention, radically altering the direction of ... Read more

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