Political Media Review » Latin America

Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border

politicalmediareview — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:01:01 +0000

Among the villains in the crosshairs of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2012 Fiscal Year budget are coyotes, the “smugglers” migrants often hire to help them enter the United States without authorization.

Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500-2000

politicalmediareview — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:20:11 +0000

Class is oftentimes as much about self-identification as it is about actual ceremony and recognition from others. How one sees oneself in the class order is intoxicating for some people.

Calling All Heroes: A Manual for Taking Power

politicalmediareview — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:33:56 +0000

“What do you read for fun” is indubitably one of those questions for which answers are reserved for fiction writing, Garfield and celebrity gossip magazines. Fun. Harmless a word, though loaded with assumptions.

Maria’s Story: A Documentary Portrait Of Love And Survival In El Salvador’s Civil War

politicalmediareview — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:23:16 +0000

From 1980 to 1992, the Central American country of El Salvador was embroiled in a civil war between the military-led government and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional.

Diario de Oaxaca: A Sketchbook Journal of Two Years in Mexico

politicalmediareview — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:08:50 +0000

Ostensibly about the recent political strife in the Mexican state, Diario de Oaxaca will likely be far better known for its gorgeous visuals and packaging as a diary, complete with ribbon bookmark. The book, with bilingual versions of the story under the same cover, tells the story of artist Peter Kuper’s life in the community there. However, this book is much more than that.

Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media

politicalmediareview — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:25 +0000

I have occasional conversations with associates about the unusual political and cultural space occupied by Latinos, and the challenges young Latinas in particular face. Often sexualized and objectified by mainstream white culture as exotic succubi, Latinas further occupy a racialized place of privilege that Black women are not permitted.

The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement

politicalmediareview — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:44:51 +0000

This richly illustrated and designed volume, featuring indigenous art and photographs on nearly every page and unprecedented interviews with members of the early villages, is a result of the seven years Mexican journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez’ spent with the Zapatistas in Southern Chiapas.