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Inside the Agrasánchez Collection of Mexican Cinema

October 30, 2020

BY DIEGO GODOY THE YOUNG HIGINIO GRANDA stood soldierly as he faced a mansion on Colón Street in Mexico City. Blond, svelte, and possessing a peninsular accent, he had the ability to pass as a “decent” person. But he was far from it, as his over twenty stints in jail might suggest. … [Read more...] about Inside the Agrasánchez Collection of Mexican Cinema

Tagged With: Agrasánchez, Arturo Ripstein, Benson Latin American Collection, CineClub México, Diego Godoy, Mexican cinema, Mexican Consulate in Austin, Student Research

The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico

October 30, 2020

BY MATTHEW BUTLER and JOHN ERARD THE ROADS TO MICHOACÁN: MATTHEW BUTLER IT IS SAID that the history of a Mexican pueblo is the history of its lands. What better way, then, to explore that history than through land records such as Michoacán’s hijuelas books? I first came across these … [Read more...] about The Hijuelas Books: Digitizing Indigenous Archives in Mexico

Tagged With: British Library, endangered archives, hijuelas, Indigenous Issues, John Erard, Latin American Digital Initiatives, Matthew Butler, Michoacán, post-custodial archives, Student Research

Decolonial Feminists Unite! Dorothy Schons and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

October 30, 2020

BY ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBA BACK IN 1986, when Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz first started speaking to me in my dreams, I would be talking to her on the phone—that old rotary black phone my grandparents used to have—but I could see her clearly, wearing her black and white Hieronymite habit and my black … [Read more...] about Decolonial Feminists Unite! Dorothy Schons and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Tagged With: Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Benson Latin American Collection, Dorothy Schons, Georgina Sabat-Rivers, Octavio Paz, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

To and From the “Real” World: Concrete Art and Poetry in Latin America

October 30, 2020

BY JULIA DETCHON IN THE FALL OF 1945, gathered at the Buenos Aires homes of the psychoanalyst Enrique Pichón-Rivière and the photographer Grete Stern, a group of Argentine artists hatched an idea for a new movement based on abstract principles of painting. Under the name Arte Madí, they declared … [Read more...] about To and From the “Real” World: Concrete Art and Poetry in Latin America

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Concrete art, Concrete poetry, Diagonal Cero, Julia Detchon, Madí, Student Research

Staff Pick: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas

October 29, 2020

Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas, 1864 BY JOSHUA G. ORTIZ BACO Among many, many other objects, the Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas reminds me of how the collections at the Benson can come to life for our students. The lithograph is … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas

Tagged With: Arbol cronologico geografico del descubrimiento de las Americas, Benson Latin American Collection, Joshua G. Ortiz Baco, Latin American maps, Student Research, University of Texas Libraries

Staff Pick: Catalina de Erauso o sea la monja de alferes

October 29, 2020

Catalina de Erauso o sea La monja de alferes, XIX century, an unpublished version of the legendary life of Catalina de Erauso (1592–1650) BY BROOKE WOMACK SOMETIME IN 2018, I bought myself a copy of Butch Heroes by Ria Brodell. This book has plates of gouache paintings by the author depicting … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Catalina de Erauso o sea la monja de alferes

Tagged With: Archives, Benson Latin American Collection, Brooke Womack, Butch Heroes, Catalina de Erauso, Genaro García Collection

Voices of Black Brazilian Feminism: Conversations with Rosana Paulino and Sueli Carneiro

October 28, 2020

EDITED & TRANSLATED by SUSANNA SHARPE THE 2020 LOZANO LONG CONFERENCE, “Black Women’s Intellectual Contributions to the Americas: Perspectives from the Global South,” held February 20–21, 2020, was a groundbreaking gathering of Black women scholars, activists, intellectuals, and artists from … [Read more...] about Voices of Black Brazilian Feminism: Conversations with Rosana Paulino and Sueli Carneiro

Tagged With: Black Brazil, Black Brazilian feminism, Black Diaspora, Black feminism, Christen A. Smith, Cite Black Women, Human Rights, LLILAS Benson, Lorraine Leu, Lozano Long Conference, Rosana Paulino, Sueli Carneiro, Susanna Sharpe

Staff Pick: The Astonishing Artistic Gem of Manuel de Quiroz y Campo Sagrado

October 28, 2020

La inocencia acrisolada de los pacientes jesuanos, 1816 BY SUSANNA SHARPE In my search for rarely seen treasures from the Benson Latin American Collection, I consulted former colleague José Montelongo, co-editor of A Library for the Americas, a beautifully illustrated volume of collected … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: The Astonishing Artistic Gem of Manuel de Quiroz y Campo Sagrado

Tagged With: Benson Latin American Collection, Genaro García Collection, Julián Hugo Guajardo Esparza, Manuel de Quiroz y Campo Sagrado, María Isabel Terán Elizondo

Miguel Gutiérrez Jr., Photojournalist

April 14, 2020

Miguel Gutiérrez Jr. (MA 2015, Journalism and LLILAS) is a documentary photographer and videographer. He currently works as a photographer and photo editor at the Texas Tribune. Visit his professional website. On April 8, 2020, Miguel took photos of the deserted streets in Austin, Texas, during the … [Read more...] about Miguel Gutiérrez Jr., Photojournalist

Faculty Spotlight: Sandro Sessarego

August 20, 2019

BY SUSANNA SHARPE WE DON'T OFTEN STOP TO THINK about why we speak the way we speak, or how some of our linguistic habits came to be. But this is one of the things linguists like Sandro Sessarego pay great attention to. Sessarego (pronounced seh-SAH-re-go), associate professor in the Department of … [Read more...] about Faculty Spotlight: Sandro Sessarego

Tagged With: Afro-Bolivians, Afro-Hispanic languages, Black Diaspora, Bolivia, contact languages, Sandro Sessarego, slavery in the Americas

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