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Power, Gender, Social Class in Latin America

  At the recent 2014 LASA congress, a book which attracted much interest was Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision by Currie Thompson. The book, which was published just in time for the LASA congress, is the inaugural title of the groundbreaking Cambria Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures series headed by Román de la Campa (Edwin...

Cambria Press MLA Contemporary Global Performing Arts Highlights!

The Cambria Studies in Contemporary Global Performing Arts by John Clum (Duke University) has a few new exciting additions: Black Medea: Adaptations for Modern Plays by Kevin J. Wetmore Gay Drama Now: An Anthology by John M. Clum Performance, Theatre, and Society in Contemporary Nicaragua by Alberto Guevara The Films of Ousmane Sembène: Discourse, Politics, and Culture by Amadou Fofana...

Cambria Press Book Highlight in Honor of Spirit Day! Go Purple!

Cambria Press is going purple with GLAAD today in honor of Spirit Day! Cambria Press is also very proud to highlight Gay Drama Now by John Clum (Duke University), which “signal a daring and uncompromising next wave in gay drama for the twenty-first century,” according to Professor Robert Vorlicky, Director of Theatre Studies, Department of Drama, New York University. Professor Shane...

RMMLA 2013 Annual Convention — A Great Success!

With much gratitude to the RMMLA committee, in particular Joy Landeira and Christopher Lupke, Cambria Press had a very productive and enjoyable time at the RMMLA 2013 annual convention. Cambria Press director Toni Tan was heartened to meet many scholars daring enough to push the envelope when it comes to scholarship, given how Toni Tan‘s speech was one in which she strongly...

Cambria Press NEW SERIES! Cambria Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures by Román de la Campa (University of Pennsylvania)

Cambria Press is proud to announce a new series, which will be headed by Dr. Román de la Campa, the Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. The Cambria Studies in Latin American Literatures and Cultures book series will feature high-quality, innovative monographs and edited volumes that constitute path-breaking research in Latin American...

Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2013) Congress in Washington DC Exceeded Expectations!

Cambria Press is pleased to report that the LASA 2013 annual conference in Washington D.C. last week was our busiest yet and exceeded our expectations! There was great interest in our Latin American titles which have earned great reviews, as well as the two series which were highlighted for the LASA conference–Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present by Ana...

Essential New Book for Dance Scholars! Special Introductory Price Ends June 21!

Cambria Press is offering a special introductory price for Perspectives on Contemporary Dance History: Revisiting Impulse, 1950–1970 edited by Thomas K. Hagood and Luke C. Kahlich, which has just been published. The foreword is by Joanna Gerwertz Harris. This one-of-a-kind book is a must for dance scholars, dance historians, cultural theorists, education specialist, arts librarians, and those who seek a...

Cambria Press Promotion! Special price for Gay Drama Now — Ends June 21, so buy your copy today!

Cambria Press is offering Gay Drama Now edited by Professor John M. Clum (Duke University) for a very special introductory price of $60 (regular list price is $149.99)! This incredible anthology, which is 616 pages long, offers a sampling of the best of contemporary drama about the gay experience in America by some of the most celebrated playwrights working today, from...

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