1. Latin American geographies / Gareth A. Jones -- 2. Politics and society / Arturo Arias -- 3. The cultures of colonialism / Luis Fernando Restrepo -- 4. ’Civilization and barbarism’ / Philip Swanson -- 5. Latin American literatures / Elzbieta Sklodowska -- 6. Approaches to Latin American literature / Brian Gollnick -- 7. Latino US literature / William Luis -- 8. Latin American visual cultures / Andrea Noble -- 9. Popular culture in Latin America / Silvia Bermudez -- 10. Race in Latin America / Peter Wade -- 11. Gender and sexuality in Latin America / Nikki Craske -- 12. Latin American studies and the global system / Jon Beasley-Murray.