New Books in Latin American Studies

New Books in Latin American Studies


Latest Episodes

Suzana Sawyer, "The Small Matter of Suing Chevron" (Duke UP, 2022)
October 12, 2022

An interview with Suzana Sawyer

Technocracy Now! Part 2: Exploring Technocracy through Cybernetics
October 10, 2022

On part #2 of Technocracy Now, we tell stories of cybernetic technocracies.First, we hear the story of Charles A. McClelland, a liberal political scientists who proposed a cybernetic computer system that claimed to predict conflicts before they happened.

Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mérida M. Rúa, "Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies: A Reader" (NYU Press, 2021)
September 26, 2022

An interview with Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas and Mrida M. Ra

NBN Classic: Niall Geraghty, "The Polyphonic Machine: Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
September 25, 2022

What options for resistance are left to the author of fiction in a nation structured by totalizing political and economic violence?