The (Latin) American Scene, Present and Future (Im-)Perfect
Five Critical Conversations
An important contribution that offers crucial insights to university life in the contemporary United States (from the 1980s to today) through extensive interviews that reveal the trajectory of Latin American Studies – and by extension Hispanic studies in the United States from the early 1980s to the present.
The author converses with five noted scholars who have done important academic work in the United States since the 1980s. The conversations address academic agendas and university life dilemmas in the vicinity of the signs 'Latin' and 'Hispanic' in the United States. The volume addresses Spanish / English relations, literature and culture, history and theory (post-colonial, subaltern, etc.).
Fernando G Herrero is the author of Sobre post colonialismos maltrechos, descolonizaciones malogradas y angostamientos universitarios, Revista Umbral: Un Mundo en Crisis y Las Humanidades: Sus Retos y Futuro (Universidad de Puerto Rico) and The Latest American Appropriation of Western Universalism: A Critique of G. John Ikenberry ‘Liberal International Order.’ He has taught at the Universities of Birmingham and Manchester in Britain, and Duke University, Stanford University, University of Pittsburgh, Hofstra University, and Oberlin College among others in the United States. In July 2024, he will be joining as Associate Professor of Spanish and English, the international faculty team of Wenzhou Business College, University City, Wenzhou, China.
