December 2009
15 posts
a blog
http://lanr.blogspot.com/
About the blog:
I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Mexico with special interests in international political economy and left-wing politics in Latin America.
This blog is intended for those who want to read press articles that contain unique insights —as well as information that is often hard to find—...
Generation Bubble →
Click the header to get there. Generation Bubble is an interesting blog, regularly updated with short essays. It usually turns a critical eye (and critical theory) towards contemporary material culture. Or in their own words:
About GenBub
Generation Bubble surveys the cultural and psychic landscapes of the progeny of an age in which increased access to debt replaced wage growth as the key to...
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Roberto Bolano and some intersections with... →
This may be just an excuse to promote one of my favorite novelists…in which case the linked article is a very loose connection with political economy! But it makes use of numerous ideas and authors that we engage with in critical political economy and Roberto Bolano was an extraordinary Chilean novelist that I encourage you all to check out. A predominant theme in Bolano’s fiction is...
This is World Town →
For those interested in citizenship and nationality issues, there’s this webzine you’ll probably like. It’s called This is World Town. Click the header to get there, or go to thisisworldtown.com
Here’s a bit about it:
Representations of youth from immigrant and ethnic minority backgrounds are usually created in the context of crisis, as so-called failures of integration,...
Marcuse in Playboy →
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Years ago I picked up this old issue of Playboy from 1970 for a few bucks. Although I don’t collect Playboy, how could I pass up one with a piece on Herbert Marcuse? Needless to say, I found the article pretty sexist, but what can anyone expect when the cover story is on the “No-Bra Look”? That sounds like the next American Apparel ad...
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