Latin American Studies - Faculty

Each month of the 2003/04 academic year, usually on the second Thursday of each month, the Club will gather to discuss informally a book that is relevant to Latin America in some way. The books reflect a variety of topics, formats, and presentation styles. The Club will meet for approximately one hour, from 5-6pm, in Jones Hall 100A (The Greenleaf Conference Room). On nice-weather days, we may move the discussion outside to the Jones Hall patio. You are invited and welcome to attend as many or as few of the meetings as you so desire. You do not need to commit to the entire slate of books in order to participate. If you are interested in participating, it will be up to you to obtain your own copy of the book. The Club is open to any person who has an interest, so please spread the word to your friends and colleagues. The calendar below lists the date of the Book Club meetings. Questions can be directed to Jimmy Huck at jhuck@tulane.edu.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 (Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Van Sant)
Ilan Stavans, Latino U. S. A.: A Cartoon History. Illustrations by Lalo Alcaraz. New York: Basic Books, 2000. ISBN: 0465082211.
Mike Davis, Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the Big City. Foreword by Roman de la Campa. New York: Verso, 2001. ISBN: 185984328X.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2003 (Discussion Leader: Chris Dunn)
Caetano Veloso, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. Translated by Barbara Einzig and Isabel De Sena. New York: Knopf, 2002. ISBN: 037540788X

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 (Discussion Leader: Jimmy Huck)
Isabel Allende, My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN: 006054564X

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 (Discussion Leader: Jimmy Huck)
Carlos Fuentes, Inez. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. New York: Harcourt, 2003. ISBN: 0156013614

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2004 (Discussion Leader: Rosanne Adderley)
Jacques Steven Alexis, In the Flicker of an Eyelid. Translated and with an afterword by Carrol F. Coates and Edwidge Danticat, with the 1983 preface by Florence Alexis. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2002. ISBN: 0813921392.