Tag: José Hernández
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“To die little by little”: Disappearance and Ambiguous Loss in the Lives of Activist Mothers in Contemporary Mexico
Leer en español. BY MORAVIA DE LA O Margarita1 has spent the last nine years looking for her son, Mauricio. She keeps a manila folder…
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María Luisa Puga: A Life in Diaries
BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Deciding how to end a novel is the author’s privilege. To write novels for a living is a volatile career choice, at…
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Eduardo Lalo: Words in Austin
Even before the devastation of Hurricane Maria, contemporary Puerto Rico was confronting unprecedented challenges. A spiraling debt crisis, record-breaking population exodus to the mainland, and…
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A Different Kind of Border Wall
BY LYNDA M. GONZALEZ Six grandchildren. Six different breakfasts. Every morning, 69-year-old Teresa de Lozoya cooks what she can manage from food bank supplies and…
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Living in a Material World: Art and Otherworldly Understanding in Colonial Latin America
BY BRITTANY ERWIN It was a bustling scene. Excited crowds of people had gathered along the processional route in the city center, which had been…
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La Ruta del Cambio Climático: Climate Change Tourism in the Peruvian Andes
BY MOLLY H. POLK A sure way to put an end to a lively conversation in any social setting is to ask me about my…
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Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga
BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Para algunos, un diario es una excursión hacia adentro, confrontación con uno mismo que se emprende en momentos de crisis y de…
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From the Director
This is my first opportunity to greet you from the pages of Portal as the director of LLILAS Benson. I came into this position…
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México en tiempos de violencia e impunidad: La antropología jurídica y la antropología forense en apoyo a los derechos humanos
POR R. AÍDA HERNÁNDEZ CASTILLO Read in English El contexto de violencia e impunidad que se vive actualmente en México está implicando nuevos retos metodológicos…