Periodicals in Latin America

Exploring how Latin American print culture has informed global exchange  



The first volume in English to focus on Latin American serialized print culture, Periodicals in Latin America
assembles research on a diverse range of publications, including
avant-garde reviews, comics, specialized journals, mass-market
magazines, and political periodicals, from the late nineteenth century
to the present day.



In this book, scholars from a variety
of disciplines examine both celebrated and little-known periodicals to
demonstrate how publications supported emerging movements such as
Indigenismo and feminism; undermined hegemonic conceptions of statehood
and national identity; and questioned ideas about the relationship
between the visual, literary, and political. Bringing Latin American
print culture together with research and theories from the largely
Anglophone field of periodical studies, this volume contests readings
that discount the region’s periodicals, situating Latin America as a
contributor to—not just a recipient of—global exchanges. Contributors
also challenge the idea that periodicals are only useful for the
insights they can offer into history, championing close attention to
their material and materiality.



The writers in this book
reflect on the unique qualities and divergences of the region’s
periodicals from those of other parts of the world and the need for
different approaches to studying them. The volume bridges and brings
into dialogue new research on print serials and their readers in the
Spanish-, Portuguese-, and English-speaking worlds.  



Contributors:  Joanna
Crow | María del Pilar Blanco | José
Chávarry | Jorge Catalá | Isabella Cosse | M. Paula Bontempo | Sandra
Szir | Camilla Sutherland | Luis Rebaza-Soraluz | Claire Lindsay |
Valentino Gianuzzi | Sofía Mercader | Rielle
Navitski | Luz Ainaí Morales Pino | Maria Chiara D’Argenio


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