From titles focused on the communities, culture, history, and politics of Latin America in the region to studies of the diaspora, Latin American Studies is an important part of Temple University Press' program. With series including Critical Race, Indigeneity, and Relationality and Global Youth speaking to contemporary concerns in the field, to legacy series such as Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music, the Press seeks to publish cutting edge research across a variety of topics and methodologies. Please find a sampling of some recent and backlist titles below!
Living in the Crossfire
Favela Residents, Drug Dealers, and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Maria Moreira Alves and Philip Evanson
Language: English
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Unraveling the Real
The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones
Authors: Cynthia K. Duncan
Language: English
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Latino Lives in America
Making It Home
Authors: John A. Garcia, Gary M Segura, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Luis Fraga
Language: English
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Ethical Borders
NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration
Authors: Bill Ong Hing
Language: English
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Selecting Women, Electing Women
Political Representation and Candidate Selection in Latin America
Authors: Magda Hinojosa
Language: English
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Where Rivers Meet the Sea
The Political Ecology of Water
Authors: Stephanie C. Kane
Language: English
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The International Monetary Fund and Latin America
The Argentine Puzzle in Context
Authors: Claudia Kedar
Language: English
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Espejos y ventanas (Mirrors and Windows)
historias orales de trabajadores agricolos y sus familias (Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and the Families)
Authors: Mark Lyons
Language: Spanish and English
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Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign
Authors: Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz
Edition: English
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Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean
Authors: Edited by Peter Manuel
Language: English
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