University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Faculty Bookshelf

Congratulations to Professor Glen Close on the publication of his new book

Congratulations to Professor Glen Close on the publication of his new book, Corpse Encounters in Spanish and Latin American Narrative Fiction: Tantos muertos. This exciting new study explores the representation and significance of corpses and encounters with the dead in Spanish and Latin American narrative fiction. We are delighted to celebrate this new contribution to …

Professor Fernando Tejedo co-edits new collection: Diachronic divergences in West Iberian languages

Congratulations to Department Chair Fernando Tejedo-Herrero on the publication of Diachronic Divergences in West Iberian Languages, a new edited collection co-edited with Manuel Delicado Cantero and Patrícia Amaral. Published by De Gruyter in 2026, the volume brings together research on language change and divergence across Portuguese, Galician, Asturleonese, and Spanish. Congratulations on this exciting scholarly …

Racial Doubt. Slavery, Passing, and the Emergence of Black Writing in Cuba

With a focus on racial slavery, abolition, and the birth of the Black press, Professor Victor Goldgel-Carballo’s book shows how captives, free people of color, and Afro-Cuban authors leveraged racial doubts to overcome racist socio-political structures. For more information, please visit www.cambridge.org/9781009692885 You may enter the code RADO2026 at the checkout

Inside out / De adentro afuera: A 4W Community Art Project

Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado, Ph.D. Publisher: Meninas Cartoneras Editorial Publication Year: 2021 View the voices and artistic expressions of people around the world that bear witness to the many ways that COVID-19 has impacted us hoping to create as well a collective vision for the future. An international collaboration related to the experience of …

Spanish American Lyrical Landscapes of Ecological Thougth: On Urban and Rural Connections

Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado Publisher: Environmental Cultural Studies Through Time: The Luso-Hispanic World Hispanic Issues On Line 24 Publication Year: 2019 A chapter book and contribution to ecocriticism volume Environmental Cultural Studies Through Time Hispanic Issues On-Line Debates, 2019. A “run-down city, grey” and “grotesque” stands out as a sharp inscription at the center of “High Treason,” …

Montañas and three or four ríos

Author Name: Sarli E. Mercado, Ph.D. Publisher: meninascartoneras Publication Year: 2025 El proyecto Montañas and three or four ríos, es una iniciativa que surgió del trabajo conjunto entre el Museo de Ciencias Ambientales de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, México; el Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad de Wisconsin; el proyecto Women and Wellbeing Project, iniciativa …

The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages

Link to Book Author Name: Rajiv Rao Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Year: 2024 In recent times, the study of heritage languages has rapidly grown as an area of enquiry. However, until now, less has been known about the sounds and sound systems of heritage languages. Bringing together researchers from around the globe, this volume …

Pronunciaciones del español

Link to Book Author Names: Donald N. Tuten, Fernando Tejedo-Herrero, Rajiv Rao, H. Robyn Clarke Publisher: Routledge Publication Year: 2022 Pronunciaciones del español is an accessible introduction to the linguistic diversity of Spanish phonetics and phonology. With clear explanations and detailed illustrations, this book guides students through key concepts in articulatory and acoustic phonetics. Particular …

Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre

Link to Book Author Names: Paola S. Hernández and Analola Santana Publisher: Routledge Publication Year: 2022 Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre is a critical introduction to the most influential and innovative theatre practitioners in the Americas, all of whom have been pioneers in changing the field. The chosen artists work through …

Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives

Link to Book Author Name: Paola S. Hernández Publisher: Northwestern UP Publication Year: 2021 Staging Lives in Latin American Theater: Bodies, Objects, Archives examines twenty-first-century documentary theater in Latin America, focusing on important plays by the Argentine director Vivi Tellas, the Argentine playwright and director Lola Arias, the Mexican theater collective Teatro Línea de Sombra, …