A new issue of Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World is out. Hector Medina Miranda (San Luis Potosi): Charros and Bullfights on Both Sides of the Atlantic Ocean: Folkloric Stereotypes and Traditional Festivals between Myth and History. M. C. Mirow (FIU): Latin American Constitutions: The Constitution of Cadiz and Its Legacy in Spanish America. Eugenio Di Stefano (Nebraska): Disability and Latin American Cultural Studies: A Critique of Corporeal Difference, Identity and Social Exclusion. Fabio de Sa e Silva (IPEA): Lawyers, Governance, and Globalization: The Diverging Paths of “Public Interest Law” across the Americas. The international terrain of murder: The United States is part of the Americas and not just in the obvious geographical sense — while it is distinct in many ways, the US (and not just the South) had its fundamental origins as a settler society, which created basic patterns which are still with us today.
