INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. LIST OF FIGURES xiii
4. INTRODUCING THE GLOBAL SQUARE BOOK SERIES xv
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
6. Chasing Che: INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL LATIN AMERICA 1
7. PART ONE: The Latin American Past in the Global Present
8. INTRODUCTION 15
9. ONE. Looking at the Past and the Future without Fear: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICARDO LAGOS 19
10. TWO. The Conversion of Francis: THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN POPE AND THE WOMEN HE NEEDS 37
11. THREE. Fidel Castro: THE FIRST SUPERDELEGATE 58
12. Border Crossings 66
13. Cruces de Fronteras 67
14. FOUR. From Illustrating Problems to Offering Solutions: LATIN AMERICA AS A GLOBAL SOURCE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION 72
15. Manga: "Che Guevara" 89
16. PART TWO: TONGUES AND FEET
17. INTRODUCTION 93
18. FIVE. Borge's Library: LATIN AMERICA, LANGUAGE, AND THE WORLD 97
19. SIX. Love, Protest, Dance, Remix 114
20. Lo Prohibido 129
21. SEVEN. Breaking the Machine: SOUTH AMERICAN FUTBOL 131
22. EIGHT. Roy Choi, Ricardo Zarate, and Pacific Fusion Cuisine in Los Angeles 146
23. PART THREE: Science, Technology, and Health
24. INTRODUCTION 163
25. NINE. The Rise of Brazil's Globally Connected Amazon Soybean Agriculture 167
26. TEN. Constructing Parallels: BRAZILIAN EXPERTS IN MOZAMBIQUE 187
27. Perfecto Flores 205
28. ELEVEN. A Long Strange Trip: LATIN AMERICA'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD DRUG CULTURE 207
29. PART FOUR: Communities
30. INTRODUCTION 221
31. Introduction to Rigoberta Menchi Tum 225
32. TWELVE. Nobel Lecture 227
33. THIRTEEN. Sex Worker Activism and Labor 240
34. Ajustes Familiares 253
35. FOURTEEN. Latin American Travel: THE OTHER SIDE OF TOURISM ENCOUNTERS 256
36. FIFTEEN. Brazil Circles the Globe 271
37. PART FIVE: Art Moves the World
38. INTRODUCTION 287
39. SIXTEEN. The Latin American Novel as International Merchandise 291
40. SEVENTEEN. Traveling Melodrama: TELENOVELAS AND EXPORTING SOUTHERN MORALITIES; OR, HOW CAN SOMETHING SO BAD STILL BE SO GOOD? 302
41. Los Invisibles 315
42. EIGHTEEN. The Girl from Shinjuku: HOW A JAPANESE BRAZILIAN DIVA KEEPS BOSSA NOVA ALIVE IN CHINA 316
43. NINETEEN. "More than a Nationality": AN INTERVIEW WITH GAEL GARCIAL BERNAL ABOUT LATIN AMERICA CINEMA AND THE WORLD 326
44. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS 339
45. INDEX 345