Proposes new paradigms more suited to Latin America's reconfigured political landscape

In Latinamericanism after 9/11, John Beverley explores Latinamericanist cultural theory in relation to new modes of political mobilization in Latin America. He contends that after 9/11, the hegemony of the United States and the neoliberal assumptions of the so-called Washington Consensus began to fade in Latin America. At the same time, the emergence in Latin America of new leftist governments—the marea rosada or “pink tide”—gathered momentum. Whatever its outcome, the marea rosada has shifted the grounds of Latinamericanist thinking in a significant way. Beverley proposes new paradigms better suited to Latin America’s reconfigured political landscape. In the process, he takes up matters such as Latin American postcolonial and cultural studies, the relation of deconstruction and Latinamericanism, the persistence of the national question and cultural nationalism in Latin America, the neoconservative turn in recent Latin American literary and cultural criticism, and the relation between subalternity and the state. Beverley’s perspective flows out of his involvement with the project of Latin American subaltern studies, but it also defines a position that is in some ways postsubalternist. He takes particular issue with recent calls for a “posthegemonic” politics.

"“Through his decades of work and numerous publications in the field, Beverley remains as a shining example of a politically engaged scholar as seriously engaged with current politics as lived and practiced in Latin America.”
" - The Latin Americanist

"“John Beverley is without doubt one of the most influential scholars in the field of Latin American literary and cultural studies of the last quarter-century. His previous work has challenged and transformed the field of Spanish in the United States, and played a significant role in promoting new theoretical and critical perspectives and methodologies associated with subaltern studies and cultural studies throughout the Americas. His latest book continues provoking controversy, addressing major issues for the contemporary field of Latin American cultural studies…this book is a ‘must-read’ for its astute evaluation of paradigmatic shifts experienced in the field at the turn of the new millennium.”" - Bulletin of Latin American Research

"“A wide-ranging treatise on Latinamericanism’s merits, faults, and promise, this book will assuredly offer food for thought for intellectuals on both sides of the North/South divide for many years to come.”" - Postcolonial Text

"“Conversant across the disciplines (sociology, history, economics, politics, literary criticism) with worldwide theorists and familiar with a ‘studies’ approach, Beverley produces a book of ambitious scope with a striking conclusion that the reader, though disinclined to accept, is hard-pressed to ignore. Highly recommended.”" - Choice

"“Latinamericanism after 9/11 is vital for those of us participating in ethnic and/or American studies as well as social justice work, whether it is ideological or on the ground.”" - American Quarterly