"I hadn't, till I really started digging, gauged the fierce intensity of the need for myth in the hu...

These essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)--known in the West largely through his studies of Ra...

"To my knowledge, there has never [before] been a volume that analyzes, in one place, the actual lan...

Spanish American novels of the Boom period (1962-1967) attracted a world readership to Latin America...

A major figure in the history of post-Revolutionary literature in Mexico, Juan Rulfo received intern...

The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the eco...

Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reachi...

The issues that dominate U.S.-Mexico border relations today-integration of economies, policing of bo...

Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet...

Propitiating the supernatural forces that could grant bountiful crops or wipe out whole villages thr...

The Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca were two of the most sacred locations...