Volume XVI, Issue 2

Volume XVI, Issue 2 Spring 2008

The University of Maryland, College Park

ON THE COVER:

The Paradox of Local

Empowerment: Decen-

tralization and Democ-

racy?

INSIDE. . .

CONECTA: Upcoming

Latin American Art Ex-

hibit at UM....................2

LASC Certificate students

Spring 08.......................4

Latinos and Politics.......5

Mexico in Black and

White: A Re/Vision of

Elena Garro and Octavio

Paz.................................6

Professor Mary Kay

Vaughan is honored with

Guggenheim

Fellowship......................7

Graduate Student ex-

plores "transnationalism"

in Salvadoran Commu-

nity ...............................8

New Latin American Ar-

rivals to UM Libraries...9

Briefly Noted ................9

Latin American Studies Center News

The Paradox of Local Empowerment:Decentralization and Democracy?

Inthe1980sand1990s,decentraliza-tion reforms swept acrossLatinAmerica andthe developing world as almost every coun-try implemented measures to strengthen theauthorityandautonomyoflocalgovernments.Mexicowasnoexception.Mexicohadbeen,atleastinformalterms,oneofthemostcentral-izedcountriesinLatinAmerica.Formostoftheperiodfromthe1930stotheearly1980s,asinglepartydominatedalmostallaspectsofpoliticallife,includingmostelectedpositions.Over ninety percent of all public resources

in 1980 were spent through national govern-ment agencies despite the nominal existenceofafederalsystem.Bythenewmillennium,however, Mexico had become a multipartydemocracyandwelloverathirdofallpublicresourceswereexercisedatthestateandlocallevel.Stateandlocalgovernments,whichhadappeared to be mere appendages of an over-whelmingly dominant central state, now hadadegreeofdiscretioninspendingandpolicy-makingtheyhadnotenjoyedindecades.Evenmore importantly, this process of decentral-

Carlos Mascareño, Andrew Selee and Gary Bland at discussion on Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America

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byAndrewSeleeDirector,MexicoInstitute,LatinAmericanProgramattheWoodrowWilsonCenter

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CONECTA: Upcoming Latin American Art Exhibit at UM

ByJackieMilad

LASC Executive Committee SaúlSosnowski,Director,LatinAmericanStudiesCenter,AssociateProvostforInternationalAffairsJanetChernela,DepartmentofAnthropologyandLASCJudithFreidenberg,DepartmentofAnthropologyPatriciaHerron,McKeldinLibraryStevenKlees,DepartmentofEducationPolicyLead-ership,CollegeofEducationRobertaLavine,DepartmentofSpanish&PortuguesePhyllisPeres,AssociateProvost,AcademicAffairsMaryKayVaughan,DepartmentofHistory

LASC StaffProgramManager: LeticiaGouliasLASCNewsEditor:StacyKeoghUndergraduateassistant:KatherineVencesWebMaster&Designer:PabloCalleE-mail:lasc@umd.eduWebpage:www.lasc.umd.edu

careersandtothepromiseoftheirwork.Mostoftheartistsareunder35yearsofageandhaveneverbeforehadtheirworkdisplayedinagallerysetting.Formost,thiswillalsobethe first time working together in an artistic collaborativeeffort.

InconjunctionwiththeConecta08exhibitionotherprogrammingisbeingplanned in collaboration with the Office of InternationalProgramsandtheLatinAmeri-canStudiesCenter.The"MexicoinMary-land"programwillincludethefollowingevents:September22:PaneldiscussionandlecturewithAndrewSeele,moderatorSeptember23:LectureonKatherineAnnPorterbyBethAlvarezSeptember24:Film“ElViolin”September25:MaruMonteroDanceCompa-ny:FolkMexicandancesSeptember25:AmbassadorialLectureSeries:MexicanAmbassadorArturoSarukhan

ThisexhibitionismadepossiblebytheadditionalsupportandeffortfromTheOffice of International Programs, the Latin AmericanStudiesCenter,MulticulturalInvolvementandCommunityAdvocacy,DepartmentofSpanish&PortugueseandtheMexicanCulturalInstitute

Contributingartists:CeciliaGarcía(MX)JoséCarlosFloresZazueta(MX)BernardoAlatorreTapia(MX)SashaBlanton(US)AlyssaDennis(US)JuanRojo(US/SPAIN)CurrentMFAstudentattheUniversityofMarylandJackieMilad,Curator

Pleasevisittheblogthathasbeencreatedforthepurposeofcommunicatingideasandimagesbetweenthe2008invitedartists:http://conecta08.blogspot.com

TheUnionGallerypresentsCONECTA,anexhibitionandartistcollaborativeprojectfeaturingemerg-ingU.SandMexicanartists.

Artistswillcollaborateforaweekinthegallery,September18-25.Theworkspacewillbeopentothepublic,allowingvisitorstoseethedevelopmentoftheartworkinrealtime.ThecompletedexhibitwillbeondisplayfromSeptember25toOcto-ber3,2008.TherewillbeanopeningreceptionfortheartistsonSeptember25thfrom5:00–7:00pm.TheUnionGallery on the first floor of the Adele H.StampStudentUnionwillhosttheevent.

CONECTAisauniqueprogramthatallowsemergingartistsfromMexicoandtheBaltimore/Wash-ingtonD.C.areatheopportunitytocollaborateinthecreationoforiginalartworks,aswellasforgelastinginternationalprofessionalassociations.

Theyhavebeenchosenastheinauguralgroupduetotheircommitmenttotheirartistic

Cecilia Garcia, Anonimos, Acrylic.

construction and citizenship rights are oftenweakly defined and enforced. Moreover, the causal argument aboutdecentralization and democracy suggests thatdevelopingcountrieslikeMexicowere,infact,strongly centralized and that decentralizationrepresentsadramaticshiftinhowthestateisorganized.Thisis,asitturnsout,onlypartial-ly true. There isnoquestion that the formalinstitutionsofthestatewere,priortothe1980sand 1990s, highly centralized in Mexico, asin many other countries in Latin America.However, the underlying logic of politics inMexico,as inmuchof thedevelopingworld,wasabitmorecomplex. Thestate reliedonextensiveallianceswithpowercentersoutsidethestateforitssurvivalduringseveraldecadesofone-partyhegemonicrule.Whatlookedtomost observers like a monolithic centralizedauthoritarianstate,infactconcealedastatethatwasmuchmorediffuseandbasedonaseriesofinformalpowerarrangementswithkeyvetoplayersinthepoliticalsystem.Formalpowerwithin the state was highly centralized whileinformalpower,whichsustainedthelegitima-cy and effectiveness of the state, was deeplydecentralized. In understanding how decen-tralizationaffectsdemocracyweneedtolookatthetransformationofnotonlytheformalinsti-tutionsofthestatebutalsotheinformalpowerarrangements that sustained the old system.When we take these factors into account, asMascareño has suggested, the relationshipbetweendecentralizationanddemocracymaybelessclear-cut.

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Students take notes during Mascareño's presentation: "Decentralization and De-mocracy in Latin America: A direct relation?"

ization tookplace in thecontextofagradualprocessofdemocratizationinwhichthecoun-tryinstitutedtrulycompetitiveelectionsforthefirst time in decades. CarlosMascareñoisaresearchfellowwiththeLatinAmericanStudiesCenterattheUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark.Basedat theCenter forDevelopmentStudies at theCentralUniversityofVenezuela,Mascareño’sresearch has focused primarily on decentral-ization, civil society and democratic consoli-dation in Latin America. As he noted in apaperpresentedattheUniversityofMarylandinApril, proponents of decentralization haveargued that it has the potential to improvedemocratic governance by making electedauthoritiesmoreresponsive,sincetheywouldbeclosertocitizensandbetterabletodiscernwhat their preferences were. In addition,decentralizationwouldbringcitizensclosertogovernment,allowingthemtoknowwhattheirelected officials were doing and to interact with them more frequently. Decentralizationwould thus reinforce democracy by makinggovernment more accountable and ensuringenhanced opportunities for citizen voice. Inshort, democracy close tohomewould allowcitizensaqualityofpoliticsthatcouldnotbeachievedwithdemocracyonalargerscale. However,mostofwhatweknowaboutthe relationship between decentralization anddemocracyisfromtheexperienceofthedevel-oped world. In most of those countries, theconstruction of democratic institutions andthe extension of citizenship rights took placeduring a period of centralization, and decen-tralization has taken place after these rightsandinstitutionshavebeenlargelydetermined.Incontrast,inMexico,asinmuchofthedevel-oping world, decentralization has coincidedwithaperiodofdemocratictransition.There-fore,localgovernmentsarebeingempoweredatthesametimethatpoliticalinstitutionsatalllevelsofgovernmentarebeingconstructedandcitizenship rights negotiated and expanded.We know very little about how decentraliza-tionaffectsdemocraticgovernanceincontextswhere political institutions are still under

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LASC Certificate students Spring 08

Owen Silverman Andrews is a Junior Government andHistory student enrolled in the Latin American Studies Certificate. Born in Manhattan, Owen’s interests in LatinAmerica stem fromhistravelsthroughoutMexico,CostaRica,andChilethatkeephiminterested and engaged in the region. His passion is rooted in theintoxicatingandvibrantpastandpresentthecultureemits.Further-more,OwenenjoysexploringtheparallelsbetweenAmericancoun-triesashavingsharedinaNewWorldexperience,butalsomarvelsatthedifferentpathseachhastaken.OwenowesmuchtothepatienceandencouragementofUMfaculty. Dr.MaryKayVaughn’sHIST475wasespeciallyenlightening, for that iswhereOwenencounteredMexicanmuralistDiegoRivera.OwenwouldespeciallyliketothankDr.JanetChernelaforhergoodfaithashewriteshisCapstonethesis,"GenocideByOtherMeans:CulturalWhiteninginBrazilDuringtheVargasYears,1930-45,"andDr.DavidSartorius,whosepersonalinterestandencouragementhavebeeninvaluable.Owen’sdreamistoonedayworkandliveinLatinAmerica,thoughmorethanoneLatinAmericanisthasraisedaneyebrowwhenOwenhasrelatedhisinterestintheUSForeignService. There are bridges that need mending and others that need rebuilding. Many of the finest professorsandTAsatUMareinvolvedwiththeLASCProgram,teachingcoursestheyaretrulypassionateabout;andforhim,thatmakesallthedifference.

Owen Silverman AndrewsGovernment and Politics

Laura Brewer is graduating this May with a double degreeinSpanishandAnthropology.Originally fromFrederick,Maryland,LauraisinterestedinLatinAmericanStudiesbecauseit isanaturalcombination of her two majors and emphasizes the human/culturalcomponentbehindtheSpanishlanguage.LaurahastraveledtoMex-ico,PuertoRico,Peru,Chile,andArgentinaandhasgrownverypas-sionateaboutLatinAmerica.Aftergraduation,LauraplanstopursueacareerinSpanishteaching,whereshecanusetheknowledgegainedin the Latin American Studies Certificate program to teach her stu-dentsabouttheculturesofLatinAmerica.She’dalsoliketoworkwithLatinoimmigrantsinMarylandorperhapsevengoabroadtoSouth/CentralAmericaforawhiletowork.Intheprogram,Laurahasenjoyedtakingcoursesonthe"EthnographyoftheImmigrantLife"withDr.Freidenberg,"RaceandEthnicityinBrazil"withDr.Chernela,"LatinAmericanLit-erature"withDr.Demaría,andCentralAmericanDiasporaswithDr.Rodríguez.

Laura BrewerAnthropology

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RepresentativesfromourlocalDemo-craticandRepublicanpartieswereinvitedbytheLatinAmericanStudiesCenterandtheLatinoStudentUniontodiscusstheirviewsofthecurrentpoliticalclimateandthedevelop-ingroleofyoungvoters. AnaSolGutiérrezandJocelynPeña-Melnyk,representingtheDemocraticParty,alongwithCharlesRamosandArmandoCamacho,representingtheRepublicanParty,formedthepanelwhichassembledonMarch5inSt.Mary’sHall.MarkH.López,formerUMfacultymemberintheSchoolofPublicPolicyandcurrentAssociateDirectorofthePewHispanicCenter,servedasmoderator. Panelistintroducedthemselvesandprovidedaquickoutlineoftheirpoliticalcareerandbackground.Allfourguestspeak-ersholdprominentpoliticalrolesinthearea.BothRepublicansaresuccessfulbusinessownerswhoalsoholdcivicpositions.RamosisPresidentandCEOofCRDynamics,acontact center firm in Baltimore. He was also recentlyelectedtotheBaltimoreHispanicChamberofCommerce.CamachoisPresidentofBudMillerandAssociatesandisalsoaliquorcommissionerforthePrinceGeorge’sCountyGovernment. TheDemocraticrepresentativeswereboth female government officials from the re-gion.AnaSolGutiérrezisasystemsengineer

bydayandaMontgomeryCountylegislatorbynight.JocelynPeña-MelnykiscurrentlyemployedasaStatelegislatorforDistrict21.ShehadpreviouslyworkedasaprosecutorandCollegeParkcouncil-woman. Analmostinevitablepoliticaldebateensuedconcerningeachparty’slegitimacyovertheother.GutiérrezandPeña-Mel-nykreminiscedabouttheir

beginningsaspassionatecitizensintheircom-munitiesanddefendedtheir“forthepeople”approachregardingthegovernment’sfunctioninsociety.Conversely,Camachoexpressedhissupportforalimitedgovernmentandoftenremarkedthat“Hi,I’mwiththegovernmentandI’mheretohelpyou,”wasone,ifnot,themostterrifyingphrasehehaseverheard.RamossupportedCamacho’sdistrustofthegovernmentbyarguingthatnotonlyisthein-stitution“inept”butalsoextremelywasteful. GutiérrezandPeña-Melnykmen-tionedoftentheneedtogivebackandbe“so-ciallyresponsible.”AccordingtoGutiérrez,everyonebecomespoliticallyactivebybirth.The first step in getting involved is finding an issuetobepassionateabout. Thepanelprovidedagreatillustra-tionofeachparty’sgeneralplatformandbeliefs.Representativesarguedovermilitaryspending,incomeredistributionandtaxcuts,amongotherissues.However,allfourpanel-istsagreedthatwhatthecountryneedsmostisfortheyoungergenerationstobecomemoreinvolvedinthepoliticalsystem.Whetherbysearchingonline,attendingatownhallmeet-ingorcontactingalocalrepresentative,thecurrentyounggenerationhastheabilitytoswayvotesandgettheirvoicesheard.

Mark H. Lopez (center), Democratic (Left) and Republican (Right) rep-resentatives during the Panel at UM.

Latinos and PoliticsByKatherineVences

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Both Elena Garro (1916-1998) andOctavio Paz (1914-1998) are well known inthe Hispanic world, but Garro is not as wellrecognized as Paz among English-speakingcommunities. Dr. Sandra M. Cypess, Profes-sorofSpanishLiteratureat theUniversityofMaryland,hasembarkeduponabookprojectthataimstointroducetheworkofElenaGarrotoagreateraudiencethatcannoteasilyaccessherworkinSpanish.SincebothPazandGarrowroteaboutissuesthatrelatetogender,ethnic-ity,andMexicannationalidentity,itisimpor-tant to compareGarro’swork and ideaswiththoseofhermorerecognizedformerhusband,Octavio Paz. Many critics have studied theirworks individually, but few studies comparetheperspectiveofbothwriters,andnobooksexist inEnglish that focuson them.Cypess’sbook project, tentatively titled, Mexico in Black and White: A Re/Vision of Elena Garro

and Octavio Paz, offers auniqueperspectiveinthewaysheorganizestheirideasandmajorthemes.

The idea for this comparative studyarose from Cypess’ research for her previ-ous book, La Malinche in Mexican Litera-ture: From History to Myth, as well as fromthe several essays she published on Garro’swork.For thenewbook,Cypessutilizeswaras thecentral themearoundwhich topresentthe similarities and differences of these twoprolific authors over the course of the twenti-eth century. In the first four chapters -one each ontheConquest,theMexicanRevolution,theSpanishCivilWar,andtheTlatelolcoMassacreof1968-sheanalyzesthewrittenworkandthecriticalcommentariesthathavebeenpublishedonPazandGarro,anddiscussesthenatureoftheirplaceintheLatinAmericancanon.Inthefinal chapter, tentatively titled “Uncivil Wars,” Cypessproposestodealwiththetextsthatareconsideredbythecriticstoberomanaclef(anunderlying message behind the fictitious story presentedinthenovel).Cypess’sargumentismore nuanced than previous works; she willshowthatGarromayhavetakenadvantageofthateasyassociationasawaytoattackpatriar-chalMexicancultureingeneralandarguesthatGarro’snovels,inwhichshesupposedlythinlydisguisesherownexperiences,attacksOctavioPazasamachistabully.

Mexico in Black and White: A Re/Vision of Elena Garro and Octavio Paz

ByStacyKeoghandSandraCypress

2009-2010 Post-Doctoral Fellowship Competition

We are pleased to announce the competition for residential fellowships for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. For the current round, the Center will welcome proposals that focus on culture and democracy, governance and civil society, literature and ethnicity, and migration from Asia to Latin America.For further information and applications contact us or visit our website at: www.lasc.umd.edu

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MaryKayVaughan,ProfessorofHistory,hasrecentlybeenhonoredwitha2008GuggenheimFellowshipforherongoingresearchworkinLatinAmericanHistory. ProfessorVaughanhasbeenfundedtocom-pleteabookentitled:Pepe in the Enchanted City: Intimate Paths to Mexico 1968.ThisbiographyoftheprominentMexicanpainterJoséZúñigaexploresthebroadeducation–school-ing,family,church,radio,movies,recreationalcen-ters—thatcontributedtoanewgenerationalsensibilityinMexicoCityyoutharticu-latedinmassprotestsagainstanauthoritariangovernmentontheeveofMexico'shost-ingoftheOlympicGames.Inexaminingnotonlytherationalbuttheaffective,sensualandsexualdimensionsofthisgeneration'seducationinMexicoCity,ProfessorVaughanaddstoscholarshiponthisaspectofamoreglobal

generationthatrebelledagainstwar,repres-sion,racismandinjusticeinmanycitiesoftheworldin1968. ProfessorVaughanisahistorianof

education,genderandmodernMexicanculture.Hermono-graph,Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peas-ants, and Schools in Mexico,1930-1940(UniversityofArizona1997)wontheHer-bertEugeneBoltonPrizeforbestbookinLatinAmericanhistoryin1997andtheBryceWoodAwardfromtheLatinAmericanStudiesAssocia-tionforthebestEnglish-lan-

guagebookonLatinAmericainthatyear.Sincethen,Pro-fessorVaughanhasco-editedtwobooks,The Eagle and the Virgin: Cultural Revolu-tion and National Identity in

Mexico,1920-1940(Duke,2006)andSex in Revolution: Gender, Power, and Politics in Modern Mexico(Duke,2006).

Professor Mary Kay Vaughan is honored with

Guggenheim FellowshipByMaryKayVaughanandStacyKeogh

http://www.lasc.umd.eduVisit our website at:We encourage you to contribute to our Web Cal-endar of Latin America-related events in the Washington, D.C. area. Please send pertinent informa-tion regarding place, date, and time, as well as the title of the event and a brief description, to: lasc@umd.edu

Dr. Mary Kay Vaughan has been one of the pil-

lars of the Latin American Studies Center since 1989

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RonaldLunahasbeenattheUniversityofMarylandforalmost14years.Hereceivedhis bachelor’s and master’s degrees here in1998and2001,respectively,andisnowpursu-ingaPhDinGeography.Inadditiontobeinga graduate student, Luna works in the Geog-raphy Department as a teacher and academicadvisor and also helpscoordinate the annualCareerFaironcampus. Luna immigrat-ed from El Salvador in1986. Although he lefthis country of origin,the Salvadoran culturecontinues to influence hislife.Luna’sacademicfocus is based on “transnationalism” and therelationshipsthatimmigrantsbuildwhentheycome to the United States. For his master’sdegree,Lunaresearchedtheroleof"fútbol"intheSalvadorancommunityandhowitisusedtobuildwhathecalls“culturalspaces.” For his PhD, Luna decided to touchuponanotherveryimportantaspectofhislife:religion. Over the past few years, Luna hasconductedextensiveresearchonthedevelop-ment of Evangelical and Protestant churchesintheDCarea;particularlythosewhichhaveoriginated in El Salvador and have stayedtrue to their denominations and internationallinkages. In his study, Luna has tried to find parallelsbetweenthetwoandhasattemptedto

explainthefactorswhichleadtotransnationalchurchnetworks.Thusfar,Lunahasfoundthatthere are few churches with links back to ElSalvador,althoughtheyarelargelyformedbyimmigrants.AccordingtoLuna,nopermissionis needed to establish immigrant churches,which may explain their growth. Luna hasalsofoundthatsomeoftheseEvangelicalandProtestantchurchesthatwerethoughttohaveoriginatedinElSalvadorwereinfacttheresultofU.S.missionariessent toLatinAmericaintheearlytwentiethcentury. Preserving a Latino identity in theUnitedStates isvery important toLuna,whobelievesanessentialpartofdoingsoislearn-ing the language. “I think church helped memaintainmyidentityasIwasgrowinguphere.EverythingaroundmewasEnglish,butchurchwas always in Spanish.” Luna and his wife,whoisfromPuertoRico,plantodoasmuchas

possible so that their chil-dren become familiar with

bothcultures. In the future Lunawouldliketofurtherexplorehow immigration helpsgeneratetheoriesofmotiva-tion among the immigrantcommunity. Luna states:

“Youcandowhateveryouwanttotheborder,people are going to come no matter whatbecausejustknowingtheirsituationmightbebetterintheU.S.thaninLatinAmerica,that’sgoing to drive them to come.” Furthermore,Luna sees the importance of studying howimmigrantgroupsmaintaintheirculturaliden-tity in the U.S. and why some groups createcultural spaces while others do not.Accord-ingtoLuna,“Ifwedon’tunderstandwhyourparents came, we’ll never understand whatmakesusdifferent.” AfterhereceiveshisPhD,Luna’sonlywishistocontinueteachingandadvisingattheuniversity.“Iloveteaching…thisiswhatIseemyselfdoing.”

Graduate Student explores "transna-tionalism" in Salvadoran Community ByKatherineVences

“If we don’t understand why our parents came, we’ll never

understand what makes us different.”-- Ronald Luna

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Briefly NotedOurcalendarforFall2008isveryexciting,pleasesavethedates:Sep.22-26:“MexicoinMarylandWeek”Nov.10-14:“ArgentinainMarylandWeek,”highlightedbytheNovember12openingoftheMirtaKupferminc-SaúlSosnowskiexhibit:“BorgesandtheCabala:SeekingAccess.”

DuringSpring2008,theLASCbrownbagseriesincluded:•“MexicanWarsinBlackandWhite;aRe-VisionofOctavioPazandElenaGarro”byDr.SandraCypess;•“Orientalismoenlaliteraturahispanoamericana”byDr.AxelGasquet;

•"(Para)SocialistPhantasms:OntheNearDrowningandRescueofCuba’sGodot"byDr.LaurieFrederikMeer.

CongratulationstoDr.JudithFreidenberg(Anthropology,LASCExecutiveCommitteeMember)whoreceivedthe2008President’sCommissiononEthnicMinorityIssuesAward.Dr.Freidenbergreceivedthisawardforherdedicationandoutstandingcontributionstothecommunity,helpingUMtobecomeaninstitutionofexcellencethroughdiversity.

TheLatinAmericanStudiesCenterappreciatesthecontributionofStacyKeogh

ingoncommunitiesandgroupsaboveandunderground,onstatehousesanddiplomaticboardroomsmannedbyLatinAmericanandinternationalgoverningelites,ontherelationsamongstatesregionally,and,lessfrequently,onthedynamicsbetweenthetwogreatsuperpowersthemselves.Inadditiontochartingnewdirec-tionsforresearchontheLatinAmericanColdWar,In From the Coldseekstocontributemoregenerallytoanunderstandingofthe conflict in the global south. ThecontributorsareArielC.Armony,StevenJ.Bachelor,ThomasS.Blanton,SethFein,PieroGleijeses,GilbertM.Joseph,VictoriaLangland,CarlotaMcAllister,Ste-phenPitti,DanielaSpenser,andEricZolov.

In from the Cold: Latin America's New En-counter with the Cold WarEditedbyJosephM.GilbertandDanielaSpenserDukeUniversityPress2007456pages AcollaborationamongelevenNorthAmerican,LatinAmerican,andEuropeanhistorians,anthropologists,andpoliticalscientists,thisvolumeattemptstofacilitateascholarlycross-fertilization.Intheprocess,In From the Cold shiftsthefocusofattentionaway from the bipolar conflict, the preoccupa-tionofmuchoftheso-callednewColdWarhistory,inordertoshowcaseresearch,discus-sion,andanarrayofnewarchivalandoralsourcescenteringonthegrassroots,whereconflicts actually brewed. Thecollection’scontributorsexamineinternationalandeverydaycontestsoverpolit-icalpowerandculturalrepresentation,focus-

New Latin American Arrivals to UM Libraries

byStacyKeogh

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