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06
Apr

Crossing the ‘Borderwall’: Projectiles

Depending on your intake of current event news, the wall—existing and potential—between the United States and Mexico has been a staple feature of this administration’s diet. Among other things it’s divisive, unrealistic, and …

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02
Feb

Reimagining the Borderwall

This post is part of a blog series celebrating the College Art Association annual conference taking place in New York City from February 15–18. Please visit us at Booth 605 if you are attending, and otherwise stay tuned for …

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18
Aug

Divided Spirits

By Sarah Bowen, author of Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production This guest post is published in advance of the American Sociological Association conference in Chicago. Check back every day for new …

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26
Oct

Mexican Cuisine’s African Roots

Thanks to Marilyn Tausend for this guest post on the fascinating, little-known history of Africa’s influence on Mexican cuisine. Tausend is the author of the new UC Press book La Cocina Mexicana: Many …

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09
Mar

Living in Limbo: Crisis and Mexican Immigration

On NPR’s Tell Me More last week, Tomás Jiménez, author of Replenished Ethnicity: Mexican Americans, Immigration, and Identity, spoke to Lynn Neary about whether recent drug-related violence in Mexico is changing immigration …

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