Latin American Review of Books

Soldiers of the sub-empire Brazil’s role in Pinochet’s coup has disturbing modern echoes. Review: Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and The South American Cold War, Mila Burns, by Gavin O'Toole

Brazil’s role in Pinochet’s coup has disturbing modern echoes. Review: Dictatorship Across Borders: Brazil, Chile, and The South American Cold War @UNC_Press @LehmanCollege #LatinAmerica #Brazil #Chile #military #authoritarianism #dictatorship #ColdWar latamrob.substack.com/p/soldiers-o...

Podcast 32: The death squads' auto of choice Driving Terror looks at the role of the Ford Falcon in Argentina's darkest period: author Karen Robert talks to us about her remarkable study

Podcast: Driving Terror looks at the role of the Ford Falcon in Argentina's darkest period. Author Karen Robert talks to us about her book latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-32...

Metaphors of resistance Predatory patriarchs in films can fuel rebellion. Review: Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema, Irina Dzero, by Gavin O'Toole

Predatory patriarchs in films can fuel rebellion. Review: Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema @DzeroIrina @floridapress #LatinAmerica #cinema #film #linguistics #culture #authoritarianism #patriarchy latamrob.substack.com/p/metaphors-...

Books in brief: four new titles Read our latest reviews of books about poverty in Peru, grasshoppers in Mexico, intellectual history, and sugar in Nicaragua

BOOKS IN BRIEF: read our latest reviews of books about poverty in Peru, grasshoppers in Mexico, intellectual history, and sugar in Nicaragua #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #books #politics #history #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/books-in-b...

Podcast 31: Twenty books about US imperialism The empire is again meddling in Latin America: we look at some of the key books about its interventionist vocation

Podcast: as Washington meddles once again in Latin America, we look at twenty books about US imperialism #UnitedStates #LatinAmerica #imperialism #antiimperialism #Cuba #Venezuela #Colombia #history #politics latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-31...

Poor politicians Corruption should never be defined by emperors. Review: The Elementary Forms of Corruption, Aaron Ansell, by Gavin O'Toole

Corruption should never be defined by emperors. Review: The Elementary Forms of Corruption: Moral Imagination and Political Change in Brazil @haujournal #Brazil #Mexico #UnitedStates #corruption #LatinAmerica #crime #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/poor-polit...

The cunning of the weak Victims of assassination foster a deathly fetish. Review: Corpse Magic: Echoes Active in the Slayer–Slain Nexus, Michael Taussig, by Gavin O'Toole

Victims of assassination foster a deathly fetish. Review: Corpse Magic #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #Colombia #crime #violence #Christianity #gangs #drugtrafficking #police #popularculture #anthropology latamrob.substack.com/p/the-cunnin...

Podcast 30: Green is the colour of blood New data indicates that Latin America is the front line of a global war on nature

Podcast: New data indicates that Latin America is the front line of a global war on nature @Global_Witness #environment #ecology #climatechange #Indigenous #AfroLatino #organisedcrime #extraction latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-30...

Italy’s original sin Jair Bolsonaro’s racism did not come from thin air. Review: The Italian Colony of São Paulo, Giulia Riccò, by Gavin O’Toole

Jair Bolsonaro’s racism did not come from thin air. Review: The Italian Colony of São Paulo, Giulia Riccò @FordhamPress #bookreviews #Brazil #racism #immigration #Italy #identity #farright #LatinAmerica #history latamrob.substack.com/p/italys-ori...

Podcast 29: Two books about violence What can we learn about violence in Latin America from two recent titles? Bear Witness by Ross Halperin, and We Are Not Made of Sugar by Andrei Gómez-Suárez

Podcast: What can we learn about violence in Latin America from two recent titles? Bear Witness by Ross Halperin, and We Are Not Made of Sugar by Andrei Gómez-Suárez #Honduras #Colombia #podcasts #bookreviews #violence #crime #LatinAmerica HERE latamrob.substack.com/p/podcast-29...

A martyr speaks Murder cannot silence the truth about deforestation. Review: How to Save the Amazon, Dom Phillips and Contributors, by Gavin O'Toole

Murder cannot silence the truth about deforestation. Review: How to Save the Amazon, Dom Phillips and Contributors @bonnierbooks
#Brazil #Amazon #journalism #environment #deforestation #climatechange latamrob.substack.com/p/a-martyr-s...

Authoritarian censorship imposed by Britain's Labour government under Keir Starmer aimed at stifling dissent obstruct us from sending/reading DMs. They justify this falsely as an effort to protect children but in fact it is simply to silence us. Please do not DM us. Email us at latamrevbks@gmail.com

Extraction as alienation The rape of the Amazon has generated a unique cultural archive. Review: The Environment in Brazilian Culture, Patricia Vieira (ed), by Gavin O'Toole

The rape of the Amazon has generated a unique cultural archive. Review: The Environment in Brazilian Culture @floridapress #Brazil #Amazon #LatinAmerica #bookreviews #extractivism #ecology #environment #capitalism #Marxism #culture latamrob.substack.com/p/extraction...

California dreaming A quixotic Chicano novel revives the Golden State’s Hispanic history. Review: Old California Strikes Back, Scott Russell Duncan, by Gavin O'Toole

A quixotic Chicano novel revives the Golden State’s Hispanic history. Review: Old California Strikes Back @scorussdun @FlowerSongPress #bookreviews #fiction #chicano #latino #california latamrob.substack.com/p/california...

The Cuban interregnum Castro defined the struggle against imperialism by advocating internationalism. Review: Revolution and the Road to Peace in Colombia, Fidel Castro, by Gavin O'Toole

Castro defined the struggle against imperialism by advocating internationalism. Review: Revolution and the Road to Peace in Colombia #Cuba #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #antiimperialism #internationalism latamrob.substack.com/p/the-cuban-...

Eastern promise A Cuban crucible of internationalism holds lessons for the left. Review: Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves, Frances Peace Sullivan, by Gavin O'Toole

A Cuban crucible of internationalism holds lessons for the left. Review: Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves, Frances Peace Sullivan @floridapress #bookreviews #Caribbean #anti-imperialism #sugar #racism #internationalism #socialism #communism #solidarity latamrob.substack.com/p/eastern-pr...

Slimy harbinger Is Latin American science fiction coming of age? Review: Pink Slime, Fernanda Trías, by Georgina Jiménez

Is Latin American science fiction coming of age? Review: Pink Slime, Fernanda Trías #Uruguay #sciencefiction #LatinAmerica #climatechange #environment #ecology #literature #fiction latamrob.substack.com/p/slimy-harb...

Let them eat cake Hunger in Mexico’s countryside belies the wealth of its cuisine—and guess who is to blame? Review: México Between Feast and Famine, Enrique Ochoa, by Gavin O'Toole

Hunger in Mexico’s countryside belies the wealth of its cuisine--and guess who is to blame? Review: México Between Feast and Famine @EC8A82 @AZpress #Mexico #foodways #food #colonialism #diet #Indigenous #imperialism latamrob.substack.com/p/let-them-e...

Carpe diem A long-forgotten Mexican film enriched the internationalism that distinguished Tito’s Yugoslavia, writes Gavin O’Toole

A long-forgotten Mexican film enriched the internationalism that distinguished Tito’s Yugoslavia #cinema #Mexico #film #Yugoslavia #internationalism #socialism #communism #Tito @Carlos_Film @isanchezprado latamrob.substack.com/p/carpe-diem

Love these stories. And any book with rugby, football and cricket in it has to be a winner!👍

Forgotten colonies Britain’s footprint in South America is still visible. Review: Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America, Shafik Meghji, by Gavin O'Toole

Britain’s footprint in South America is still visible. Review: Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America, Shafik Meghji @ShafikMeghji @HurstPublishers #LatinAmerica #Britain #history #neocolonialism #SouthernCone latamrob.substack.com/p/forgotten-...

Latine rebellions and why they matter - The Latin American Review of Books Llana Barber explores a history of uprisings in the US against a backdrop of systemic racism, reminding us as we observe Los Angeles that the weak never suffer in silenceRead more

A huge thanks to MiSC member Llana Barber for her critical scholarship. 📚

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Knowledge is power Imperialism aims to erase indigenous wisdom. Review: Translation and Epistemicide: Racialization of Languages in the Americas, Joshua M Price, by Gavin O'Toole

Imperialism aims to erase indigenous wisdom. Review: Translation and Epistemicide, Joshua M Price @AZpress #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #intellectualhistory #imperialism #colonialism #translation latamrob.substack.com/p/knowledge-...

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Sex and class Working-class morality is shaped by material conditions. Review: Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City, Michael Matthews, by Gavin O'Toole

Working-class morality is shaped by material conditions. Review: Sex and Love in Porfirian Mexico City, Michael Matthews #UniversityofFloridaPress #Mexico #LatinAmerica #sexuality #morality #materialism #Marxism latamrob.substack.com/p/sex-and-cl...

Latine rebellions and why they matter Llana Barber explores a history of uprisings in the US against a backdrop of systemic racism, reminding us as we observe Los Angeles that the weak never suffer in silence

Llana Barber explores a history of uprisings in the US against a backdrop of systemic racism #UnitedStates #latinx #latino #immigration #ICE #migrants #racism #DonaldTrump latamrob.substack.com/p/latine-reb...

Burial rights Even grief is contested in postwar Central America. Review: Specters of War: The Battle of Mourning in Postconflict Central America, Ignacio Sarmiento, by Gavin O'Toole

Even grief is contested in postwar Central America. Review: Specters of War, Ignacio Sarmiento @AZpress #CentralAmerica #civilwar #memory #violence #military #Guatemala #ElSalvador latamrob.substack.com/p/burial-rig...

Men with guns Coups can tell us all about democracy. Review: Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964–1982, eds Sebastián Carassai and Kevin Coleman, by Gavin O'Toole

Coups can tell us all about democracy. Review:
Coups d'État in Cold War Latin America, 1964-1982 @CambridgeUP #LatinAmerica #coups #dictatorship #military #authoritarianism #democracy latamrob.substack.com/p/men-with-g...

The elusive revolution Did the MAS storm Bolivia’s winter palace? Review: Visions of Transformation: Hegemony, Plurinationality, and Revolution in Bolivia, Aaron Augsburger, by Gavin O'Toole

Did the MAS storm Bolivia’s winter palace? Review: Visions of Transformation: Hegemony, Plurinationality, and Revolution in Bolivia, Aaron Augsburger @AZpress #LatinAmerica #Bolivia #revolution #socialism #Marxism #EvoMorales #indigenous latamrob.substack.com/p/the-elusiv...

Toiling for the invader US imperialism has been built on local labour. Review: The Work of Empire, Justin F Jackson, by Gavin O'Toole

US imperialism has been built on local labour. Review: The Work of Empire @JustinFdJackson @UNC_Press #bookreviews #LatinAmerica #Caribbean #Cuba #Philippines #imperialism #colonialism #UnitedStates latamrob.substack.com/p/toiling-fo...