Latinx and Chicanx Studies / Cultural Studies

An expansive volume on Tejana identity and Tejanidad told through personal narratives, poetry, and essays.

How indolent practices in Latinx LGBTQ culture challenge capitalist imperatives to be productive.

An immersive study of the influential and predominantly Chicanx punk rock scene in El Paso, Texas.

A rich literary study of AfroLatinx life writing, this book traces how AfroLatinxs have challenged their erasure in the United States and Latin America over the last century.

Exploring representations of Latinx people from Scarface to Narcos, this book examines how pop culture has framed Latin America as the villain in America's long and ineffectual War on Drugs.

How water enables Caribbean and Latinx writers to reconnect to their pasts, presents, and futures.

2023 Outstanding Book Award​, National Association for Ethnic Studies Finalist, 2024 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award, College Art AssociationHow Latinx artists around the US adopted the medium of...

A contemplative exploration of cultural representations of Mexican American fathers in contemporary media.

A thorough examination of the political and economic exploitation of Latinx subjects, migrants, and workers through the lens of Latinx literature, photography, and film.

This study argues that powerful authorities and institutions exploit the ambiguity of Latinidad in ways that obscure inequalities in the United States.