Volume 69, Issue 3 (September 2025)

Articles:

Matt Johnson – Living Currency: Mass Tourism and Local Identity in Cancún

Constance Von Igel de Mello – The Domestic Worker in Latinx Fiction: The Discursive Formulation of Latinidad

André de Oliveira Nascimiento– The Word Made Maya: Tsotsil Bible Translations and the Ritualistic Poetry of Ruperta Bautista

Book Reviews:

Gregory Convertito – Populismo neoliberal by Francisco Báez Rodriguez, and: Los futuros de la militarización en México by José Ramón Cossío Díaz (review)

Andrew J. Kirkendall – Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra by Ericka Verba (review)

Stephanie Wood– The Crucifixion of Lucy Reyes: Holy Week Folk Rituals of Sacrifice, Fertility, and Power; Spain, Sicily, the Americas, the Philippines by Susan Caperna Lloyd (review)

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The Latin Americanist (TLA) is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal, publishing original articles, review essays, book reviews, and news of SECOLAS and its members. The Latin Americanist is supported by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Winthrop University. TLA is published for SECOLAS by the University of North Carolina Press.

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Editorial Staff:

Jürgen Buchenau, Editor-in-Chief (UNC Charlotte)

Gregory S. Crider, Annals Issue Editor (Winthrop University)

Grace McGuire, Managing Editor (UNC Charlotte)

Editorial Board:

Aaron Augsburger, University of South Florida

Chad Black, University of Tennessee

Vanessa Castañeda, Davidson College

Ryan Daugherty, Butler University

Mary Rose Kubal, St. Bonaventure University

Jean F. Mayer, Concordia University 

Luci Moreira, College of Charleston

Aarón Navarro, University of Texas San Antonio

Louis Pérez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eunice Rojas, Furman University

Jorge Aarón Silva Rodríguez, Universidad Anáhuac

Jackie Sumner, Presbyterian College 

Lean Sweeney, University of Virginia

Cinthya Torres, University of South Alabama

Angie Willis, Davidson College

James Wood, North Carolina A&T University

Zoya Khan, University of South Alabama

Aims and Scope
As the oldest continuously published Latin American Studies journal, The Latin Americanist is dedicated to comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and trilingual coverage of the field—including Latin American history, literature, political science, and anthropology.

The Latin Americanist publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed original articles, review essays, and book reviews, as well as news of SECOLAS and its members. Published quarterly with articles in three languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese), TLA serves as an important international resource for all individuals concerned with Latin American Studies.

Manuscripts may be submitted online at: https://janeway.uncpress.org/TLA/submissions/

Readership
The audience is academic, multidisciplinary, and international. It encompasses anyone interested in any facet of Latin America, U.S. policy, and Latinos.

Keywords
The Latin Americanist, Latin America, Latin Americanist, Latin American Studies, Latin American history, Latin American literature, Latin American political science, Latin American anthropology, South America, Central America, Hispanic, Latino, SECOLAS, research

Abstracting and Indexing Information

• Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing)
• Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing)
• MLA International Bibliography (MLA)

Author Guidelines

Edited By: Jürgen Buchenau (Editor) and Gregory Crider (Editor of Annals Issue)

Because The Latin Americanist is a multi-disciplinary journal, we accept the style and formatting each author uses in their own discipline. Manuscripts can be in English, Spanish, or Portuguese, and should not exceed 10,000 words. They should be double-spaced. Because TLA uses a double-blind review process, all self-identifiers (including name and acknowledgments) should be removed from the manuscripts, and can be inserted later if it is accepted for publication. The manuscript should be original and not submitted elsewhere.

To submit an article click here: https://janeway.uncpress.org/TLA/submissions/