Category: Hispanic Studies

• 5 Critical Books for Latin American Literature Studies

  

  Despite Latin American literature being widely known as a rich literary canon—or perhaps because it is such a rich literary canon—there are still works and aspects of Latin American literature that remain under-explored. Here are five books that bring critical works of Latin American literature to English-language audiences for the first time; break new ground…

  Cambria Press

  November 22, 2021

  Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature

  comparative literature, Hispanic, Latin America, world literature

• Cambria Press Publication Review: State Terrorism and the Politics of Memory in Latin America

  Congratulations to Professor Gabriela Fried Amilivia on the outstanding review of her book, State Terrorism and the Politics of Memory in Latin America: Transmissions Across The Generations of Post-Dictatorship Uruguay, 1984–2004, in the Journal of Latin American Studies, which praises the book for being “an invaluable contribution.” The review notes that: Gabriela Fried Amilivia’s accomplished work is…

  Cambria Press

  May 21, 2018

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, History, International Studies, Latin American Studies

  Gabriela Fried Amilivia, LASA international congress, Latin America, Latin American Studies, memory studies, politics of memory, State Terrorism, Uruguay, Uruguayan military

• #MLA18 Book Launch: The Monster as War Machine

  Meet Dr. Mabel Moraña, William H. Gass Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and winner of the 2013 MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, on Saturday (January 6) at 11:30 a.m. at the Cambria Press booth (101) for a book signing for her latest book, The Monster as War Machine. This…

  Cambria Press

  December 13, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature, MLA, New Books, New Scholarly Books

  #MLA18, Agamben, Badiou, Baudrillard, book launch, Contemporary literature, cyborgs, Deleuze, Dracula, Esposito, Euro-American theory, film, Foucault, Freud, Haraway, Hardt, Kristeva, literary criticism, Literary theory, Mabel Moraña, Marx, MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, monster, monstrosity, Negri, pishtacos, popular culture, Román de la Campa, The Monster as War Machine, war machine, Zižek

• #MLA17 – Scholars Making a Difference

  The following individuals are scholars who are making a difference with their outstanding scholarly and community contributions. Check out their books at the Cambria booth (#509) in the #MLA17 book exhibit hall. Top row (left to right): Paul Manfredi (Pacific Lutheran University), Mabel Moraña (Washington University in St. Louis), Christopher Lupke (University of Alberta), E.…

  Cambria Press

  January 3, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Cambria Press, Culture, Film Studies, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, LGBT Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature, MLA, Performing Arts

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• #MLA17 Events – Meet Cambria Press Series Editors and Authors

  Cambria Press would like to invite #MLA17 attendees to join us for the following events: Meet Professor Román de la Campa (University of Pennsylvania) General Editor of the Cambria Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures Series Friday (January 6) at 5 p.m. Cambria Press Booth 509, MLA Book Exhibit Hall * * * *…

  Cambria Press

  December 28, 2016

  Asian Studies, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature, MLA, New Scholarly Books, university books

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• Cambria Press Publication Announcement: Krausism and the Spanish Avant-Garde

  Cambria Press is excited to announce that Krausism and the Spanish Avant-Garde: The Impact of Philosophy on National Culture by Professor Christian Rubio will be released soon. See it hot off the presses at the Cambria Press booth at the #MLA17 annual convention. Mark P. Del Mastro, Chair and Professor of Hispanic Studies at the College of Charleston,…

  Cambria Press

  December 22, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Cambria Press, Culture, Hispanic Studies, Literary Criticism

  Carmen de Burgos, Christian Rubio, First Carlist War, Ideal de la Humanidad para toda la vida, Institución Libre de Enseñanza (ILE), Julián Sanz del Río, Karl Christian Krause, Krausism, MLA, Revolution of 1868, Rosario Acuña, Ruperto Navarro Zamorano, Silver Age, Spain, Spanish avant-garde, Spanish culture, Spanish history, vanguardismo

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Hispanic Poets

  Congratulations to Professor John Burns on yet another outstanding review of his book Contemporary Hispanic Poets! The Rocky Mountain Review commends the book, stating that “”Far from an innocent cultural trifle, poetry contributes to the fundamental cultural debates of our time. With this volume, Burns likewise contributes to the fundamental cultural debate of our time,…”…

  Cambria Press

  December 21, 2016

  Cambria Press, Culture, Hispanic Studies, Latino Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, MLA, university books

• LASA 2016 Highlights – New & Noteworthy in Latin American Studies

  We are proud to launch Dr. Gabriela Fried Amilivia’s new book, State Terrorism and the Politics of Memory in Latin America, at the LASA congress. This interdisciplinary study, written in a highly accessible style, will have both specialists and nonspecialists appreciating it for how it vividly brings to life the terror inflicted by the state…

  Cambria Press

  May 24, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, Cambria Press, Film Studies, Hispanic Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary History, Literary Studies, Literature, New Scholarly Books, Spanish culture, Studies in Slavery, Theatre, Theatre Studies, university books

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• Cambria Press Publication Review: Contemporary Hispanic Poets

  Congratulations to Professor John Burns on the outstanding review by the journal, A contra corriente, of his book Contemporary Hispanic Poets: Cultural Production in the Global, Digital Age! This book is in the Cambria Latin American Literatures and Cultures series, headed by Professor Román de la Campa, the Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance…

  Cambria Press

  May 11, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Literary Criticism, Literary Studies, university books

  #LASA2016, academic publisher, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria review, Contemporary Hispanic Poets, Enrique Vila-Matos, Guillermo Gómez Peña, Hispanic poetry, John Burns, Juan Felipe Herrera, Leopoldo María Panero, Raúl Zurita, Roberto Bolaño, Román de la Campa

• Cambria Press Publication Review: Transforming the Enemy in Spanish Culture by Lauren Beck

  Cambria Press congratulates Lauren Beck, on yet another outstanding review of her book, Transforming the Enemy in Spanish Culture: The Conquest through the Lens of Textual and Visual Multiplicity. The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies notes that “The case of Spanish culture is particularly interesting because the Spaniards have been active in the creation of stereotypes…

  Cambria Press

  September 29, 2015

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, Hispanic Studies, History, Spanish culture

  #APSA2015, academic publisher, Art history, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Cambria author, Cambria Press, Cambria publication, Cambria review, cultural, Dutch, English, European, French, German, Hispania, hispanic studies, History, Italian, Latin America, Lauren Beck, multiplicity, Native American, Portuguese, religion, religious studies, Spain, Spanish, textual, Transforming the Enemy in Spanish Culture, visual