"Prostitutes, Bad Seeds, and Revolutionary Mothers in Cuban Anarchism: Imagining Women in the Fiction of Adrián del Valle and Antonio Penichet, 1898-1930," Kirwin S. Shaffer (University of Kansas)

"Tendências do Cinema Brasileiro Atual," Lúcia Nagib (Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Sao Paulo) "The Adventures of Jeca Tatu: Class, Culture, and Nation in the Films of Mazzaropi," Eva Bueno (Pennsylvania State University) "Algunas consideraciones sobre el teatro de revista política en México," Javier Rangel (UCLA) "What is a Corrido: Thematic Representation and Narrative Discourse," Guillermo E. Hernández (UCLA) "The Massification of the Tango: The Electronic Media, the Popular Theatre and the Cabaret from Contursi to Perón, 1917-1955," Donald S. Castro (California State University, Dominguez Hills) "Money in Brazilian Popular Music," Ruben George Oliven (Rio Grande do Sul) "The Cultural Economy of Bahian Carnaval," Piers Armstrong (Universidade Federal da Bahia)

"Crafting Culture: Selling and Contesting Authenticity in Puerto Rico's Informal Economy," Arlene Dávila (Syracuse University)

Book Review:

"Music and Popular Culture in the Caribbean," Larry Crook (University of Florida)