The ReVista book review section features reviews of recent books about Latin America, the Caribbean and the Latinx community in all disciplines.
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A Review of The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras
A Review of The Ends of Paradise: Race, Extraction, and the Struggle for Black Life in Honduras Christopher Loperena’s book, aptly titled the Ends of Paradise, brings forth sharp analysis of the threats to Garifuna life in Honduras through what he calls a "racialized...
A Review of Liberating Spiritualities
A Review of Liberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the AméricasAs the director of a doctoral program in spirituality, colleagues and students often ask me if I have any recommendations for articles or books they should read. Because the field of spirituality...
A Review of The Lettered Indian: Race, Nation, and Indigenous Education in Twentieth-Century Bolivia
A Review of The Lettered Indian: Race, Nation, and Indigenous Education in Twentieth-Century Bolivia Brooke Larson’s book on the history Indigenous education in Bolivia is a masterpiece. It is deeply researched, beautifully written, a pleasure to read and a gift to...
A Review of Immigration, Policy, and the People of Latin America: Seven Sending Nations
A Review of Immigration, Policy, and the People of Latin America: Seven Sending Nations No one truly wants to leave their homeland. That’s a saying I’ve heard countless times in two decades of reporting on immigrants and immigration policy in the United States for the...
A Review of Afrocentroamérica: Entre memoria y olvido
A Review of Afrocentroamérica: Entre memoria y olvido In graduate school at UC Berkeley in the 1980s, I knew that I wanted to work on Central America, on U.S. involvement there, and on social or labor history. What I knew about Central America came from the news, from...
A Review of The Amazon in Times of War
A Review of The Amazon in Times of WarMarcos Colón’s book The Amazon in Times of War offers a compelling collection of essays exposing the physical, economic and institutional violence that devastates the Amazon. He argues that much of this destruction stems from...
A Review of Historieta Doble: A Graphic History of Participatory Action Research
A Review of Historieta Doble: A Graphic History of Participatory Action Research In 1997, I attended the worldwide Action Research Conference in Cartagena, Colombia. One of the sessions opened a space for action research from industrial settings. I presented a project...
A Review of Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America. As it Was in the Beginning?
A Review of Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America. As it Was in the Beginning? The book Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America assumes great relevance with the shifting landscape of the Catholic Church under Pope Francis,...
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