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Visit Berghahn Books at LASA Conference

 

We are delighted to inform you that we will be present at the Latin American Studies Association Conference in Barcelona, Spain, May 23-26, 2018. Please stop by our table to browse the latest selection of books at discounted prices & pick up some free journal samples.

 

If you are unable to attend, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. For the next 30 days, receive a 25% discount on all titles listed below. At checkout, simply enter the discount code LASA18

 

Visit our website­ to browse our newly published interactive online Latin American Studies Catalog or use the new enhanced subject searching features­ for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles.

 


Stars and Stardom in Brazilian CinemaNew in Paperback

STARS AND STARDOM IN BRAZILIAN CINEMA

Edited by Tim Bergfelder, Lisa Shaw and João Luiz Vieira

 

Read Introduction

House of the WaterlilyIn Paperback

HOUSE OF THE WATERLILY

A Novel of the Ancient Maya World

Kelli Carmean

 

New in PaperbackTourism & Informal Encounters in Cuba

TOURISM AND INFORMAL ENCOUNTERS IN CUBA

Valerio Simoni
Foreword by Nelson Graburn

Volume 38, New Directions in Anthropology

 

Read Introduction: Relating through Tourism

Island Historical EcologyISLAND HISTORICAL ECOLOGY

Socionatural Landscapes of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean

 

Edited by Peter E. Siegel
Foreword by William Balée

Living Past, AA LIVING PAST

Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America

Edited by John Soluri, Claudia Leal, and José Augusto Pádua

Volume 13, Environment in History: International Perspectives

Read  Introduction: Finding the “Latin American” in Latin American Environmental History

 

Conflict, Domination, and ViolenceCONFLICT, DOMINATION, AND VIOLENCE

Episodes in Mexican Social History

Carlos Illades
Translated by Philip Daniels

Goddess in Motion, AA GODDESS IN MOTION

Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza

Roger Canals

Volume 42, New Directions in Anthropology

Read  Introduction

Indigeneity and the SacredINDIGENEITY AND THE SACRED

Indigenous Revival and the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites in the Americas

Edited by Fausto Sarmiento and Sarah Hitchner

Volume 22, Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology

Read Introduction

Silenced Communities: Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan TownSILENCED COMMUNITIES

Legacies of Militarization and Militarism in a Rural Guatemalan Town

Marcia Esparza

Read Introduction: “My Soul is a Military Soul”

Laborers and Enslaved WorkersLABORERS AND ENSLAVED WORKERS

Experiences in Common in the Making of Rio de Janeiro’s Working Class, 1850-1920

Marcelo Badaró Mattos

Translated by Renata Meirelles and Frederico Machado de Barros

Volume 29, International Studies in Social History

Read Introduction

Power in PracticePOWER IN PRACTICE

The Pragmatic Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira

Sergio González Varela

Read  Introduction

Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean AndesForthcoming

BARTER AND SOCIAL REGENERATION IN THE ARGENTINEAN ANDES

Olivia Angé


Berghahn Journals

 

Regions and CohesionRegions and Cohesion

Regiones y Cohesión / Régions et Cohésion

 

The journal of the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC).

Interdisciplinary in nature and multilingual in character (English, French, Spanish), Regions and Cohesion promotes the comparative examination of the human and environmental impacts of various aspects of regional integration across geographic areas, time periods, and policy arenas.

Featured Article: Environmental governance in the EU-Latin American relationship


Advances in Research

 

 

 

 

New in 2018!

Migration and Society

 

Conflict and Society

Current Volume: Volume 3

 

Environment and Society

Current Volume: Volume 8: Measurements and Metrics

 

Religion and Society

Current Volume: Volume 8


ContentionContention

The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest

 

Contention is dedicated to research on and about social protest and political behavior. The journal advances essential knowledge of a comprehensive range of collective actions, social movements, and other forms of political and social contention.

Current Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1

 

Democratic TheoryDemocratic Theory

An Interdisciplinary Journal

 

Democratic Theory encourages philosophical and interdisciplinary contributions that critically explore democratic theory-in all its forms.

Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 2

 

TransfersTransfers

Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies

 

Transfers is a peer-reviewed journal publishing cutting-edge research on the processes, structures, and consequences of the movement of people, resources, and commodities.

Current Issue:  Volume 8, Issue 1


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