Our 2023 LASA Virtual Booth and Book Sale

Cuba’s Digital Revolution: Citizen Innovation and State Policy
Edited by Ted A. Henken (pictured left) and Sara Garcia Santamaria

A wide-ranging examination of the ways digital technologies are impacting Cuba’s Revolutionary project

Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture
Edited by Carmen Haydée Rivera and Jorge Duany (pictured left)

The intertwined stories of two archipelagos and their diasporas

Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora
Edited by Jorge Duany (pictured above)

“An excellent, wide-ranging introduction to Cuban art, its historiography, and the politics of its production, reception, and exhibition. . . . The essays, ordered chronologically, provide a clear, generously illustrated account of the varied attempts through time to isolate and figure cubanidad in the visual arts. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice

Jewish Experiences across the Americas: Local Histories through Global Lenses
Edited by Katalin Franciska Rac and Lenny A. Ureña Valerio (pictured left)

Revolutions in Cuba and Venezuela: One Hope, Two Realities
Silvia Pedraza (pictured left) and Carlos A. Romero

Comparing two consequential movements that shed light on the nature of revolution

Circulating Culture: Transnational Cuban Networks of Exchange
Jennifer Cearns
Available in August

Exploring the movements of Cuban material objects and digital content across borders  

Tracing the flows of people, material items, and digital content between Havana and Miami, as well as between Cuba and Panama, Guyana, and Mexico, this book demonstrates the worldmaking of marginalized Cuban communities in a transnational setting.

A volume in the series New World Diasporas, edited by Kevin A. Yelvington

Spirited Diasporas: Personal Narratives and Global Futures of Afro-Atlantic Religions
Edited by Martin Tsang
Available in August

First-person accounts that show the expanding demographics of African-descended religions  

Through a variety of first-person accounts, this book offers a glimpse into the frequently misunderstood religions of Afro-Cuban Lukumí, Haitian Vodou, and Brazilian Candomblé, adding to the growing research on the transnational yet personal nature of African diasporic religions.

The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Mauricio Espinoza and Jared List
Available in August

How an overlooked film industry became a cinematic force  

This volume explores the main trends, genres, and themes that define the emerging filmmaking industry in Central America, providing a needed overview of one of the least explored cinemas in the world. 

A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America
Edited by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi and Margarita Vargas-Betancourt

Rethinking the role of the artist and recovering the work of unacknowledged creators in colonial society

This volume addresses and expands the role of the artist in colonial Latin American society, featuring essays that consider the ways society conceived of artists and the ways artists defined themselves.

Capoeira Connections: A Memoir in Motion
Katya Wesolowski

A portrait of the game of capoeira and its practice across borders

This ethnographic memoir weaves together the history of capoeira, recent transformations in the practice, and personal insights from author Katya Wesolowski’s thirty years of experience as a capoeirista.

This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of Duke University.

Writing Islands: Space and Identity in the Transnational Cuban Archipelago
Elena Lahr-Vivaz

How contemporary Cuban writers build transnational communities

Analyzing works of contemporary Cuban writers on the island alongside those in exile, Elena Lahr-Vivaz offers a new lens to explore the multiplicity of Cuban space and identity, arguing that these writers approach their nation as part of a larger, transnational network of islands.