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 San Fernando: Última Parada, Viaje al crimen autorizado en Tamaulipas
A Review of San Fernando: Última Parada, Viaje al crimen autorizado en TamaulipasOne of Mexico’s best investigative journalists, Marcela Turati, takes readers to terrorized and traumatized San Fernando, a town known for dozens of mass graves, and exposes the depths of...
A Review of Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics
A Review of Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics In Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, Carol Hess provides a nuanced exploration of the Brooklyn-born composer and conductor Aaron Copland (1900–1990), who served as a...
A Review of El populismo en América Latina. La pieza que falta para comprender un fenómeno global
A Review of El populismo en América Latina. La pieza que falta para comprender un fenómeno globalIn 1946, during a campaign event in Argentina, then-candidate for president Juan Domingo Perón formulated a slogan, "Braden or Perón,” with which he could effectively...
A Review of Born in Blood and Fire
From Student ViewsEaston Bevel is a Master’s student at Harvard Extension School, where he is studying International Relations. His work focuses on the intersection of Religion and International Relations. He serves as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and holds...
A Review of Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981
A Review of Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981 I remember when I first heard Lillian Guerra speak: over fifteen years ago, at Brown University, about her third book, Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance (1959-1971). The...
A Review of Los Niños del Amazonas: 40 Días Perdidos en la Selva
A Review of Los niños del Amazonas. 40 días perdidos en la selva by Daniel Coronell Los niños del Amazonas. 40 días perdidos en la selva is the first true book by Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell, whose long and impressive career speaks for itself: news director...
A Review of Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean Worlds
A Review of Channeling Knowledges: Water and Afro-Diasporic Spirits in Latinx and Caribbean WorldsWater is a powerful tenet of Afro-diasporic religions that troubles academic disciplines and racial categories that define state, military and geographic borders. Rebeca...
A Review of The Remarkable Reefs of Cuba: Hopeful Stories From the Ocean Doctor
A Review of The Remarkable Reefs of Cuba: Hopeful Stories From the Ocean DoctorIt feels as though work takes up more and more of our lives, expanding into time it never used to touch. As I sat on my couch early on Saturday mornings these past months, my kids beside me...