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“I wanted to write a history of what happened when women entered the domain of knowledge production.”
In conversation with @riislover667.bsky.social, @durba.bsky.social discusses how she found “an archive of excess” for the history of Third World feminism.
New at PB: Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera reflects on exile through the words of Edward Said, James Joyce, and through the story of his grandfather, whose life took him from Ireland to Massachusetts to Puerto Rico.
“The politicization of universities was just one aspect of the control of intellectual life in the country.”
New at PB: Lauren Arrington discusses two books on institutions in Nazi Germany.
In a new book by Tomas Rothaus from, the author shows his journey to anarchist sympathies and football fandom in Argentina. His story embodies “the contradictions of modern urban life, caught between the competing demands of community and commerce.”
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“The manipulation of election results; control of the media; control of the courts; cooption of universities, schools, and libraries; alliance with Christian nationalism … : this is the pattern that Mildred Harnack saw play out around her.”
New at PB: @riislover667.bsky.social interviews @durba.bsky.social about her new book “The Future That Was” (@princetonupress.bsky.social), the vital history of Third World feminism, and the place of feminist visions for the future in our world now.
The World Cup began last week, and community and capitalism collide. In a review of two new books, Nicolás Campisi shows how Argentina’s first clubs “openly embrac[ed] anarchist principles in both their organizational structures and their spirit.”
“When I was teaching the history of decolonization, I found myself thinking, How do we understand feminist epistemologies in this history?”
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“The books by Horowitz and Rothaus illuminate what is at stake in these disputes by revealing how deeply football and local political power remain intertwined.”
New at PB: A review of two new books on the history of football in Argentina.
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In the latest episode of Writing Latinos, @aditaferrer.bsky.social and @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social discuss craft, history, and the writing of “Keeper of My Kin” (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social).
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“I suggest that the building of women’s organizations through cross border collaboration leads to a total transformation of civil society.”
“Said's ‘Reflections on Exile’ summoned to mind the only 7 words my grandfather ever said to me about Ireland, where he had cousins he never knew: ‘I don’t think I’ll go back there.’”
In early 20th century Buenos Aires, football clubs emerged as institutions of sociability and mutual aid, but also of anarchist resistance, immigrant solidarity, and antifascist organizing.
In early 20th century Buenos Aires, football clubs emerged as institutions of sociability and mutual aid, but also of anarchist resistance, immigrant solidarity, and antifascist organizing.
In early 20th century Buenos Aires, football clubs emerged as institutions of sociability and mutual aid, but also of anarchist resistance, immigrant solidarity, and antifascist organizing.
