The Mexican Studies Research Collective is broadly conceived as a space for academic dialogue, exchange, and collaboration in the fields of Mexican literary and cultural studies.

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  • Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917–1968

    Join us for a book presentation and conversation with Pablo Zavala, author of Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917–1968. April 21, 2026, 3-4pm CT Available from The University of Arizona Press. A new lens on conceptions of the Mexican state and the people Forging a Mexican People shows how illustrated…

  • The Maya Tourist: Archaeological Tourism and Revolutionary Cultural Politics in Early-Twentieth-Century Yucatán

    Join us on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 3-4pm CT for a work-in-progress workshop with Matt Johnson (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology) on “The Maya Tourist: Archaeological Tourism and Revolutionary Cultural Politics in Early-Twentieth-Century Yucatán.” Reading materials will be circulated with registered participants a week in advance. This chapter-in-progress studies the cultural politics…

  • Escrituras sin rostro: el antagonismo como estrategia subversiva del zapatismo

    Join us for a book presentation and conversation with Gaëlle Le Calvez, author of Escrituras sin rostro: el antagonismo como estrategia subversiva del zapatismo. March 24, 2026, 3-4pm CT Available from University of North Carolina Press Muchos movimientos revolucionarios del siglo XXI, como Occupy Wall Street y #MeTooMx, tienen raíces en los zapatistas, un movimiento…

  • Behind Our Backs: Feminized Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction

    by Amy De’Ath Stanford University Press In this daring study, Amy De’Ath develops a new type of literary criticism attuned to the way our lives are shaped by capital’s impersonal compulsions – by what happens “behind our backs.” Challenging the symptomatic interpretive methods of Western Marxism, De’Ath argues that value-critical accounts of Marx’s work enable…

  • Mode of Production and the Historiography of Capitalism: Gender, Race and Eurocentrism

    Edited by Jokubas Salyga and Kayhan Valadbaygi Bristol University Press Bringing together leading scholars and activists, this edited collection calls for a return to the ‘mode of production debate’ to address often-overlooked dimensions: gender, race, and Eurocentrism. The concept of mode of production is placed in dialogue with Marxist debates on domestic labour, racial capitalism…

  • T’áalk’u’ Iknalítico: Omniausencias, Omnipresencias y Ubicuidades Mayas

    by Juan A. Castillo Cocom (coord.) Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo “T’áalk’u’ Iknalítico: Omniausencias, Omnipresencias y Ubicuidades Mayas” es un libro que ilustra varios aspectos del pensamiento maya y su interconexión con el iknal, asociación clave para promover la difusión de la cultura maya y el pensamiento filosófico maya. La obra reúne valiosos aportes…

  • Television Drama in Mexico: From Broadcast to Streaming

    by Paul Julian Smith Edinburgh University Press Studies the current artistic and industrial transformation of TV series in Mexico – the biggest and most dynamic Spanish-language market This book analyzes, for the first time, innovative Mexican television drama of the current decade. It provides an account of the processes of production and reception for seven…

  • The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft

    by Sandra Rozental Duke University Press Where and to whom do ancient things belong? What happens when they are stolen—not by a colonial power, but by a national museum claiming them as state patrimony? What kinds of healing and restitution can follow? In The Absent Stone, Sandra Rozental tells the story of the Piedra de…

  • Gender Battles: Latin American Women, War, and Feminism

    by Vanesa Miseres University of Toronto Press Covering the post-independence era to World War II, Gender Battles uncovers Latin American women writers and activists’ engagement with war to challenge male-dominated narratives on armed conflicts and fight for political power and social change. Gender Battles: Latin American Women, War, and Feminism by gender studies and Latin…

  • Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance

    by Claudio Palomares-Salas Oxford University Press Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance explores the vibrant history of Canto Nuevo, a musical and cultural movement that influenced Mexican music, politics, and culture from the 1960s to the late 1980s. Author Claudio Palomares-Salas delves into every aspect of Canto Nuevo’s evolution, from its origins during the…