The Routledge Companion to Inter-American Studies

An essential overview of this blossoming field, The Routledge Companion to Inter-American Studies is the first collection to draw together the diverse approaches and perspectives on the field, highlighting the importance of Inter-American Studies as it is practiced today. Including contributions from canonical figures in the field as well as a younger generation of scholars, reflecting the foundation and emergence of the field and establishing links between older and newer methodologies, this Companion covers:
Theoretical reflections
Colonial and historical perspectives
Cultural and political intersections
Border discourses
Sites and mobilities
Literary and linguistic perspectives
Area studies, global studies, and postnational studies
Phenomena of transfer, interconnectedness, power asymmetry, and transversality within the Americas.