{"title":"LAR volume 58 issue 1 Cover and Front matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.58","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":" ","pages":"f1 - f3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45963209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not in the Eye of the Beholder: Racialization, Whiteness, and Beauty Standards in Mexico","authors":"Alice Krozer, Andrea Gómez","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.104","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article explores the role “whiteness” takes on in Mexico, where colonial, religious, and social heritages elevate it as an aesthetic ideal, simultaneously denying its underlying racism. It argues that skin tone is one of many physical and nonphysical features that together shape the concept of whiteness in a context of fluid, relational, and intertwined categories of class and racial classifications. Women in particular are pressured to “whiten” their bodies in adherence to beauty standards that reflect the collective aspiration of the country’s ethnically mixed society. Using empirical evidence, the article outlines Mexicans’ aesthetic perceptions and explores their attempts to approach these through bodily presentations and adjustments. It then discusses how the local beauty industry acts as a practical tool and a discursive mediator toward racialized appearances. Possessing its own historical, political, and racial background deeply entangled with whiteness, this sector reinforces the subjective basis of discriminatory practices in Mexico.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"422 - 439"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48986389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quem detém o interesse nacional? O malogro da cooperação entre a Companhia Industrial de Rochas Betuminosas e a URSS no setor de gás de xisto no Brasil (1959–1973)","authors":"Gianfranco Caterina","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.97","url":null,"abstract":"Resumo Este artigo analisa o malogro da cooperação econômica e técnica entre a Companhia Industrial de Rochas Betuminosas (CIRB) e a União Soviética no setor de gás de xisto. Em 1959, a CIRB assinou um contrato preliminar que previa o fornecimento de equipamento soviético e a montagem de uma usina piloto para a produção de gás e materiais de construção a partir do xisto do Vale do Paraíba, Estado de São Paulo (SP). Argumenta-se que a Petrobras, ao defender de maneira contínua a inclusão da lavra e industrialização do xisto no monopólio estatal, teve influência decisiva para que a CIRB não obtivesse o aval governamental para o financiamento soviético. A empresa paulista entraria com pedido de falência em 1973. Utilizando, em sua maior parte, fontes primárias brasileiras, o artigo conclui que a Petrobras temia o impacto que a quebra do monopólio estatal do xisto pudesse ter em seus interesses, os quais considerava basicamente equivalentes ao interesse nacional.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"129 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48087010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Woman’s Place Is at the Negotiating Table: Evidence from Colombian Peace Processes","authors":"Shauna N. Gillooly","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.87","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A substantial amount of scholarly work has been conducted on considerations (or lack thereof) of gender in the context of peace negotiations. While gender-specific concerns, particularly those focused on women’s empowerment, are now emphasized in the language of international and national organizations involved in peacebuilding (e.g., UN Security Council Resolution 1325), many times this language is just “talk.” Often, on-the-ground practice and policy does not reflect the lived experiences of women in post-accord or transitional contexts. This article analyzes the change in roles and the roles available to women in pre-negotiation and framework-setting negotiation processes between the Colombian government and nonstate armed actors. The study examines the negotiations between the Colombian government under the Juan Manuel Santos administration and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia (FARC) in 2012–2016 to interrogate the ways that women, feminist groups, and women’s organizations play a role in pre-negotiation processes.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"561 - 574"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42496367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La estructura del cenáculo: Las redes intelectuales ante la literatura latinoamericana","authors":"Adriana Rodríguez Alfonso","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.98","url":null,"abstract":"Resumen El siguiente artículo analiza el estado actual de la perspectiva de redes intelectuales, especialmente en el cruce con los estudios literarios en América Latina. Partiendo de sus primeros trabajos, discute las mentadas estabilidad y transdisciplinariedad del campo de estudio, proponiendo un corpus de referencia para las estructuras de sociabilidad literaria. Posteriormente, el artículo revisa críticamente los tópicos, métodos y restricciones, así como las actuales indeterminaciones conceptuales y metodológicas, que sugieren que este es aún un campo en construcción. Finalmente, se proponen algunas ideas novedosas que podrían contribuir al desarrollo interdisciplinario del campo, extendiendo las potencialidades y ventajas de esta perspectiva a los estudios de literatura latinoamericana.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48545185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Procesos de institucionalización de la investigación indígena: Un abordaje comparado","authors":"Sebastián Levalle","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.77","url":null,"abstract":"Resumen En este trabajo estudio la institucionalización de la investigación indígena, considerando los conflictos políticos, epistemológicos y ontológicos que intervienen en su desarrollo. Analizo y comparo cuatro instituciones afiliadas al Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (CRIC) de Colombia, una de las organizaciones indígenas que más ha avanzado en este proceso en Latinoamérica. Basándome en conversaciones con los y las intelectuales orgánicas del CRIC —investigadores/as indígenas y colaboradores/as— y en documentos institucionales, argumento que las diversas formas de concebir y practicar la investigación dan cuenta de un proceso de ontologización que implica un cambio radical respecto del sentido, los sujetos y las relaciones involucradas en su desarrollo. Planteo que dicho proceso obliga a redefinir la noción moderna de investigar, pero indago, al mismo tiempo, en las tensiones que esta tendencia presenta al interior del CRIC.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"32 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42574072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peripheral Interventions in Global History: Toward a History of Argentina outside of Argentina","authors":"Juan Pablo Scarfi, Lisa A. Ubelaker Andrade","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.76","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While global history’s emphasis on networks and its de-emphasis on the nation has brought about a fruitful platform for exploring interregional connections, this article argues that a global history recentered in the periphery and willing to draw from its rich national historiographies has the potential to reveal new forms of globalization and connection. It takes Argentina as an exemplary case to consider the ways in which tracing one nation’s many transnational and global orientations might bring to light motivations, geographical dimensions, and fields of power previously unseen.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"18 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45407319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Are You and What’s Your Issue? Winning in Collective Litigation in Colombia","authors":"Ángel Páez","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.103","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article analyzes the role of the Colombian Council of State, the administrative court of highest level in Colombia, in cases of collective litigation (acción popular). It answers the questions: Do outcomes in these cases vary depending on the right under litigation? Do parties with more resources achieve better outcomes? Does the government hold an advantage when facing other parties? The article analyzes quantitatively an original database of collective litigation cases on environmental protection, public security, the rights of consumers, and administrative morality, and interprets these findings using interview data. Results show that parties’ success rates vary depending on the right under litigation. The national government has the highest litigation success rate, but individuals are more likely to win than stronger parties like department and local governments. The article presents implications following the literature on courts and rights protection in the Global South and party capability.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"649 - 667"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43065874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uneven Reproductive Landscapes: The Abortion Documentary in Latin America","authors":"V. Garibotto","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.100","url":null,"abstract":"This essay reviews the following films: Aborto en Colombia / Abortion in Colombia. Dir. Nicolás Cuenca Rodríguez and Ángela Amaya Aguirre. Prod. Nicolás Cuenca Rodríguez and Ángela Amaya Aguirre. Colombia, 2021,16 min. Film is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahjO46Hwokw. Fly so Far. Dir. Celina Escher. Prod. Women Make Movies and Prämfilm. El Salvador and Sweden, 2021, 88 min. Film is available on Vimeo and DVD. Las Libres: La historia después de … / Las Libres: The Story Continues. Dir. Gustavo Montaña in collaboration with Centro Las Libres. Prod. At Dusk Media. Mexico, 2014, 94 min. Film is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpW7KJblkbc. Que sea ley / Let It Be Law. Dir. Juan Solanas. Prod. Cinesur, Les Films du Sud, and Gameland. Argentina, France, and Uruguay, 2019, 86 min.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"685 - 693"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48020504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culture, Identity, and the State in Cuba","authors":"Yvon Grenier","doi":"10.1017/lar.2022.101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.101","url":null,"abstract":"This essay reviews the following books: The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics. 2nd ed., revised and updated. Edited by Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Alfredo Prieto, and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2019. Pp. xi + 744. $32.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478003939. Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora. Edited by Jorge Duany. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2019. Pp. xii + 320. $35.00 paperback. ISBN: 9781683402091. The Cuban Hustle: Culture, Politics, Everyday Life. By Sujatha Fernandes. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. Pp. ix + 184. $24.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478009641. Entangled Terrains and Identities in Cuba: Memories of Guantánamo. By Asa McKercher and Catherine Krull. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019. Pp. xxiv + 188. $90.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781793602770. El árbol de las revoluciones: Ideas y poder en América Latina. By Rafael Rojas. Madrid: Turner, 2021. Pp. 302. ISBN: 9788418895029. Beyond Cuban Waters: África, La Yuma, and the Island’s Global Imagination. By Paul Ryer. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2018. Pp. x + 240. $39.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780826521194. Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba. By Elizabeth B. Schwall. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. Pp. xi + 298. $34.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781469662978.","PeriodicalId":47316,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Research Review","volume":"58 1","pages":"203 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43390203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}