For the 2020 virtual Latin American Studies Association Conference, UC Press is committed to sharing the latest research in Latin American Studies. Although we are unable to see you in person, we are honoring the 40% conference discount on all Latin American Studies titles. Enter promo code 19E1436 at checkout.
In recognition of the impact of Covid-19 on campus instruction and the rise of unplanned distance learning, we are pleased to make all of our online journals content free to all through June 2020 including Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, and Pacific Historical Review.
Highlights from our Latin American Studies list include Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia’s First Drug Paradise by Lina Britto who combines deep archival research with unprecedented oral history to decipher the puzzle: Why did the Colombian coffee republic, a model of Latin American representative democracy and economic modernization, transform into a drug paradise, and at what cost? Dematerialization: Art and Design in Latin America by Karen Benezra examines the intertwined experimental practices and critical discourses of art and industrial design in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile in the 1960s and 1970s and brings new insights to the fields of contemporary art history, critical theory, and Latin American cultural studies.
A Party for Lazarus: Six Generations of Ancestral Devotion in a Cuban Town by Todd Ramón Ochoa is the story of a Cuban family, six generations removed from slavery, struggling to honor its ancestors amid changing fortunes and a crumbling state. This intimate intergenerational account centers on an annual feast celebrating ancestors and orisás—the life-changing spirits at the heart of Black Atlantic religious life.
