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 Mar?a del Pilar Blanco Jos?

Ch?varry Jorge Catal? Isabella Cosse M. Paula Bontempo Sandra

Szir Camilla Sutherland Luis Rebaza-Soraluz Claire Lindsay

Valentino Gianuzzi Sof?a Mercader Rielle

Navitski Luz Aina? Morales Pino Maria Chiara D'Argenio



A

volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in

Latin/o America, edited by H?ctor Fern?ndez L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos

Rodr?guez