The ReVista book review section features reviews of recent books about Latin America, the Caribbean and the Latinx community in all disciplines.
Recent Reviews
A Review of Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century: Transgressing the Frame
A Review of Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century: Transgressing the Frame While writing this review, I visited a big bookstore in Los Angeles, where I live in, and I observed that the comic and graphic novel section was put aside in a little corner,...
A Review of The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela: Revolution, Crime, and Policing during Chavismo
A Review of The Paradox of Violence in Venezuela: Revolution, Crime, and Policing during Chavismo Venezuela has undergone stark transformations in recent decades. Once hailed as one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, the country has more recently been...
A Review of Repertoires of Terrorism: Organizational Identity and Violence in Colombia’s Civil War
A Review of Repertoires of Terrorism: Organizational Identity and Violence in Colombia's Civil WarViolence has always been a fundamental aspect of human life. We have fought to survive, to defend, and to acquire. States are meant to have a monopoly on the use of...
A Review of The Making of Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Paulo Freire’s Approach to Literacy, Training and Adult Education
A Review of The Making of Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Paulo Freire's Approach to Literacy, Training and Adult EducationThis slim, but substantive, volume is a welcome addition to the immense body of literature that traces the genesis and development of Paulo Freire's...
A Review of Mesquite Pods to Mescal: 10,000 Years of Oaxacan Cuisines
A Review of Mesquite Pods to Mezcal: 10,000 Years of Oaxacan CuisinesMexican culinary nationalists have enshrined Oaxaca as the “land of seven moles,” the diverse chile stews that provide an Indigenous counterpoint to the supposed cradle of creole gastronomy, Puebla,...
A Review of Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics
A Review of Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics At a recent Harvard Petrie-Flom Center event, Law and Policy of Psychedelic Medicine, author Ayelet Waldman offered a nuanced perspective on microdosing and government policy. I asked her how we could...
A Review of From Peril to Partnership: US Security Assistance and the Bid to Stabilize Colombia and Mexico
A Review of From Peril to Partnership: US Security Assistance and the Bid to Stabilize Colombia and MexicoOxford University Press, in collaboration with The Council on Foreign Relations, published Paul J. Angelo’s much-anticipated monograph in March 2024. The book is...
A Review of Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
A Review of Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a CrisisJonathan Blitzer's well-written and evocative book, Everyone Who is Gone is Here, has been hailed as a must-read on the U.S. current immigration emergency. In my...
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