Journal of Latin American Studies presents recent research in the field of Latin American studies in development studies, economics, geography, history, politics and international relations, public policy, sociology and social anthropology. Regular features include articles on contemporary themes, short thematic commentaries on key issues, and an extensive section of book reviews.
Commentary
Close to a Tipping Point? The Amazon and the Challenge of Sustainable Development under Growing Climate Pressures Joana C. Pereira, Eduardo Viola Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 467–494 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000577 Published Online on 22 May 2020
Research article
El Salvador vs. Imperialismo Yanqui, 1912–14 Héctor Lindo-Fuentes Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 495–519 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000644 Published Online on 30 June 2020
Defending the Family: Female Begging and the Policing of Female Begging on the Streets of Pinochet's Santiago (1973–90) Leith Passmore Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 521–543 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000589 Published Online on 29 May 2020
Enter 9/11: Latin America and the Global War on Terror Markus-Michael Müller Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 545–573 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000565 Published Online on 4 June 2020
Contesting the Neoliberal Order through Legal Mobilisation: The Case of Chilean Unions Francisca Gutiérrez Crocco Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 575–599 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000590 Published Online on 29 May 2020
Varieties of Skills Profiles in Latin America: A Reassessment of the Hierarchical Model of Capitalism Juan A. Bogliaccini, Aldo Madariaga Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 601–631 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000322 Published Online on 29 May 2020
Government through Inaction: The Venezuelan Migratory Crisis in Ecuador Christiaan Beyers, Esteban Nicholls Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 633–657 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000607 Published Online on 4 June 2020
Reviews
Dunja Fehimović and Rebecca Ogden (eds.), Branding Latin America: Strategies, Aims, Resistance (Lanham, MD, and London: Lexington, 2018), pp. xiii + 232, $100; £70.00, hb. Katie Brown Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 659–660 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000681 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Michela Coletta, Decadent Modernity: Civilization and ‘Latinidad’ in Spanish America, 1880–1920 (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2018), pp. x + 190, £90.00, hb. Adam Sharman Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 661–662 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000693 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Patrick William Kelly, Sovereign Emergencies: Latin America and the Making of Global Human Rights Politics (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018), pp. xx + 318, £21.99, pb. Jacob Dizard Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 663–665 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X2000070X Published Online on 12 August 2020
Donald V. Kingsbury, Only the People Can Save the People: Constituent Power, Revolution, and Counterrevolution in Venezuela (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2018), pp. xix + 210, $90.00, hb; $25.95, pb. Daniel H. Levine Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 665–667 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000711 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Robert Samet, Deadline: Populism and the Press in Venezuela (Chicago, IL, and London: University of Chicago Press, 2019), pp. xi + 244, $27.50; £24.00, pb. Nadia Mosquera Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 667–669 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000723 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Fred Rohner, La Guardia Vieja: El vals criollo y la formación de la ciudadanía en las clases populares (1885–1930) (Lima: Instituto de Etnomusicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018), pp. 463, pb. Fiorella Montero-Diaz Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 669–671 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000735 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Sandra Gayol and Gabriel Kessler, Muertes que importan: Una mirada sociohistórica de casos que marcaron la Argentina reciente (Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2018), pp. 260, pb. Cara Levey Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 671–673 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000747 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Niall H. D. Geraghty, The Polyphonic Machine: Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), pp. 304, $29.95, pb. Robin Fiddian Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 673–675 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000759 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Raanan Rein and Ariel Noyjovich, Los muchachos peronistas árabes: Los argentinos-árabes y el apoyo al justicialismo (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 2018), pp. 315, pb. Tobias Boos Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 675–678 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000760 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Aldo Marchesi, Latin America's Radical Left: Rebellion and Cold War in the Global 1960s (New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018), pp. xiv + 257, £32.99, hb. Eugenia Palieraki Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 678–680 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000772 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Rachel M. May, Alejandro Schneider and Roberto González Arana, Caribbean Revolutions: Cold War Armed Movements (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018), pp. x + 165, $24.99; £17.99, pb. Dirk Kruijt Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 680–683 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000784 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Javiera Barandiarán, Science and Environment in Chile: The Politics of Expert Advice in a Neoliberal Democracy (Cambridge, MA, and London: MIT Press), pp. xvi + 261, $32.00; £25.00, pb. Jonathan R. Barton Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 683–685 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000796 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Elizabeth Ramírez Soto and Catalina Donoso Pinto (eds.), Nomadías: El cine de Marilú Mallet, Valeria Sarmiento y Angelina Vázquez (Santiago, Chile: Metales Pesados, 2016), pp. 329, pb. Paul Merchant Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 685–687 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000802 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Michel Gobat, Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2018), pp. 367, £28.95, hb. Amy S. Greenberg Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 687–689 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000814 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Rebecca M. Schreiber, The Undocumented Everyday: Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility (Minneapolis, MN, and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2018), pp. xvi + 370, $30.00, pb. Carl Lindskoog Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 690–692 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000826 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Noelle K. Brigden, The Migrant Passage: Clandestine Journeys from Central America (Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press, 2018), pp. vii + 264, £67.28; $86.95, hb, £19.31; $24.95, pb. Soledad Álvarez Velasco Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 692–694 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000838 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Lucía Suárez, Amélia Conrado and Yvonne Daniel (eds.), Dancing Bahia: Essays on Afro-Brazilian Dance, Education, Memory, and Race (Bristol and Chicago, IL: Intellect, 2018), pp. xv + 228, £25.00; $33.00, pb. Sofie Narbed Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 694–697 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X2000084X Published Online on 12 August 2020
Oscar de la Torre, The People of the River: Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2018), pp. xiii + 225, $34.95, pb. Aníbal G. Arregui Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 697–699 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000851 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Anne Luke, Youth and the Cuban Revolution: Youth Culture and Politics in 1960s Cuba (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2018), pp. xviii + 161, $60.00, hb. Julie Bunck Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 699–701 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000863 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Alison Fraunhar, Mulata Nation: Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2018), pp. viii + 262, $70.00, hb. Bonnie A. Lucero Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 701–703 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000875 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Cristina Soriano, Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2018), pp. xiv + 316, $95.00, hb, $34.95, pb. Alex Borucki Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 703–705 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000887 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Francisco Quijano Velasco, Las repúblicas de la monarquía: Pensamiento constitucionalista y republicano en Nueva España, 1550–1610 (Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2017), pp. 316, pb. Luis Fernando Restrepo Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 705–707 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000899 Published Online on 12 August 2020
Martin Austin Nesvig, Promiscuous Power: An Unorthodox History of New Spain (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018), pp. xii + 252, $45.00, hb. Stuart M. McManus Journal of Latin American Studies, Volume 52 / Issue 3, August 2020, pp 708–709 doi: 10.1017/S0022216X20000905 Published Online on 12 August 2020