Through a rigorous ethnographic inquiry into the material foundations of sexual identity, The Struggle to Be Gay—in Mexico, for Example makes a compelling argument for the centrality of social class in gay …
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Low-wage labor in the United States is characterized by egregiously low minimum wage standards, insufficient health and safety protections, and a civil rights regime that does little to address structural racism.
Read More >As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Associate Editor Enrique Ochoa-Kaup to talk about his new role managing the Asian studies and Latin American studies lists, and …
Read More >Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos‘s current issue features a thematic section on the bicentennial of Mexican independence, which highlights the contribution of political actors generally ignored in official tributes to heroic figures. Specifically, the …
Read More >By Joshua Frens-String, author Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile Few sounds are more closely associated with social disquiet in contemporary Chile than the rhythmic, …
Read More >Updated May 26, 2021 This week for #LASA2021, we’re proud to be celebrating the accomplishments of Jessica Graham, author of Shifting the Meaning of Democracy: Race, Politics, and Culture in the United …
Read More >by María Elena García, author of Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in Peru I never intended to write a book about food. And certainly, I …
Read More >by Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, author of In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico In November of 2004, three federal police officers were lynched in the neighborhood …
Read More >By Corinna Zeltsman, author of Ink under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico Behind histories of press freedom and liberal state formation in nineteenth-century Mexico lies an unexplored dimension – the …
Read More >By J. T. Way, author of Agrotropolis: Youth, Street, and Nation in the New Urban Guatemala As a scholar whose research applies directly as testimony in asylum cases, I am well-versed in …
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