In Defiance of Boundaries: Anarchism in Latin American History - Hardcover

9780813061108: In Defiance of Boundaries: Anarchism in Latin American History

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813061105 ISBN 13: 9780813061108

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2015

Most studies on Latin America tend to dismiss anarchism as a prelude to populist and socialist movements. This collection illustrates a much more vast, differentiated, and active anarchist presence in the region that evolved on simultaneous-transnational, national, regional, and local-fronts.

Representing a new wave of transnational scholarship, these essays examine urban and rural movements, indigenous resistance, race, gender, sexuality, and social and educational experimentation. The contributors offer a variety of perspectives on anarchism’s role in shaping ideas about nationalism, identity, organized labor, and counterculture across a wide swath of Latin America.

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Review:

"A vivid picture of the transnational nature of the anarcho-syndicalist/anarchist movement."--Anarcho-Syndicalist Review

"State-of-the-art yet accessible analyses that significantly expand understanding of the role of anarchism in Latin America. . . . Will long be a standard text that provides [an] important reference for scholars and students of labor and social movement history."--Choice

About the Author:

Geoffroy de Laforcade is associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at Norfolk State University, USA. He is coauthor of The How and Why of World History and coeditor of Transculturality and Perceptions of the Immigrant Other.

Kirwin Shaffer is associate professor of Latin American studies at Penn State University–Berks College, USA. He is the author of several books, including Anarchism and Countercultural Politics in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba.

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