The Global Diaspora and the Diffusion of Latin American Culture and Society

2016 Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies (PCCLAS) Conference

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV

October 29, 2016

Saturday, October 29 (Morning)

9:30 am-10:00 am: Registration and Coffee Wright Hall, Wing C (WRI-C), Room 148 10:00 am-11:30 am: Panels

Panel 1: Transformative Culture in Transnational Space WRI-­C, Room 235

Chair: Professor Margarita Jara (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Harry Kwon (independent scholar, ), Exploring Queer Space: Queer Latino Identity in the Works and Studios of Cristy Road, Luis Carle, and Lucas Michael

Luciano Martinez (Swathmore College, ), Effacing Intersectionality: The Puerto Rican Queer Diaspora and the Orlando Tragedy On June 12, 2016

Jorge Sanchez Cruz, (University of California, Riverside, ) Politics of the Body in Lukas Avendaño’s Performances

Yunuen Gómez Ocampo (University of California, Santa Barbara, ) Body, Migration and Transcultural Discourse

Nancy Quinones (Cal Poly Pamona, ) La Michoacana and Ice Cream: Transnational Material Epistemologies of Native-ness and Foreign-ness

Panel 2: Activism and Expression through Literature, Music and Art WRI-C, Room 237

Chair: Professor Alicia Rico (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Miguel Herranz Cano (University of Alabama, ) The Construction of Guillermo Cabrera Infante’s Identity Jigsaw in Mapa Dibujado por un Espía

Daniel Hahn (Independent Scholar, ), The Infinity of Interpretation: Barthes, Bellatin, and the Essence of Haiku

Camila Daniel (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, ), Among the samba, salsa and zapoña: Afro-Peruvian music in the cultural production of Latin American immigrants in Brazil

Guadalupe Escobar (New York University, ), Tracking Ayotzinapa

11:30 am-1:00 pm: Panels and Roundtable

Panel 3: The Politics of Identity and Citizenship WRI-C, Room 239

Chair: Mario Castaneda (CSU Los Angeles, )

Hafthor Erlingsson and John Tuman (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Retaking Public Space: The Transformation of Dual Citizenship Laws in Latin America and the Caribbean

Douglas Ramon (CSU Los Angeles, ), A U.S. Latino in Latin America: Hermanoor Extranjero?

Ernesto Sagás (Colorado State University, ), To Be, but Not to Be: (Re)defining Citizenship and Dominicanidad.

Mar Inestrillas (University of Nevada, Reno, ), Condiciones de creación y publicación de Delirio y destino de María Zambrano desde su exilio en Cuba

Panel 4: Immigration Politics-Then and Now WRI-­C, Room 237

Chair: Professor Melvin Jameson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Arturo Zepeda (CSU Los Angeles, ), Los Mexicanos Urbanos: The Migration and Socio- Cultural Experience of Urban Mexican Nationals in the U.S

Justin Garcia (Millersville University of Pennsylvania, ), Lefts and (Immigrant) Rights: Oscar de la Hoya and the Intersection of Professional Boxing, Mexican Ethnic Identity, and Immigration Politics, 2006- 2016

Don Anque (UC Riverside, ), Governance and Migration Challenges in Light of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program

Panel 5: Contemporary Issues in the Latin American Diaspora of the US WRI-C, Room 235

Chair: Professor Ericka Verba (CSU Los Angeles, )

Fatima Austin (CSU Los Angeles, Latin American Studies Graduate Program, ), The Construction of Identity and its Correlation to Class in Ballet Folklórico

Eduardo Coronel (CSU Los Angeles, ), The Social Effects of Deportation and how Post-9/11 Discourse has Changed Immigration Policy

Raul Menjívar (CSU Los Angeles, ), The Obligated Generation/La Generacion Obligada

Betania Santos (CSU Los Angeles, ), LA Based Community Healing: Alternative practices of healing and resistance in POC Communities

Roundtable 1: New Research based on Mexican Sources and Indigenous Documents 1 WRI-C, Room 305

Moderators: Professor Miriam Melton-Villanueva, University of Nevada, Las Vegas‐Department of History

Panelists:

Minerva Cosio The 1992 Gas Leaks of Guadalajara and the Story Behind It

Jenni Ochoa Life in the Borderlands of Texas

Aldair Pulido Law of the Land

Julian Roberts Revolt: From Mexico City to Hidalgo

Nancy Griffiths Aztec Nobel Women: Their Role and Gender Relations

Paola Gonzalez-Gamez The Roles of Indigenous Women in the Colonial Era

Saturday, October 29 (Afternoon)

1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Lunch WRI-C, Auditorium

Roundtable 2 and Discussion: Latinos in Nevada: Demographic Change, Political Engagement, and Economic Challenges

Panelists:

Dr. John P. Tuman (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Moderator

Dr. David Damore (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Dr. Nancy Brune (Executive Director, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, ) Mr. Peter Guzman (Executive Director, The Latin Chamber of Commerce, )

2:00 pm-3:30 pm: Panels

Panel 6: Cuba: History, Culture and Global Relations WRI-C, Room 235

Chair: Professor John P. Tuman (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Jose Aguilera (European University Institute, ), Francisco Pí y Margall and the Cuban Problem

Blair Woodard (University of Portland, ), A Hostile Nature: The Visual Culture of U.S. and Cuban Relations in Exile, 1959-1980

Enrique González-Conty (Itchaca College, ), The Cuban Connection: Caribbean Drug Wars on the Big Screen

Manuel Martin (University of Alabama, ), The Autobiographical Prison of the Cosmos by José Martí

Ashley Hudson (University of Florida, ), How Critical is a Vatican Diplomatic Relationship for the Catholic Church’s Promotion of State Democracy? Case Studies of Cuba and China Explored

Panel 7: Regimes, Revolution and Reform WRI-C, Room 237

Chair: Professor Nerses Kopalyan (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Emily Pryor (University of California, Riverside, ), Socio-Ecological Insurgent Activity: Resisting Population Displacement and Material Extraction in the Documentary, El oro o la vida (2011) by Caracol Producciones

Aviva Kana (University of California, Santa Barbara, ), Nona Fernández and Contemporary Chilean Literature: The Unreality of Looking Back

Roman Lewis (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Commanding the Heavens: Regime Type and National Space Programming in Latin and South America

Collin Grimes (University of California, Riverside, ), Power Relations and Rent Control: Military Royalty Reform in Democratic Latin America

Toloo Riazi (University of California, Santa Barbara, ), Across the World: Che Guevara in Iran

3:30pm -­5:15 pm: Panels and Roundtable

Panel 8: Gender and Health WRI-C, Room 239

Chair: Professor Ted Jelen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Rosalynn Vega (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, ), Medical Migration and the Commodification of Indigeneity in the Humanized Birth Movement

Erik Lopez (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Gender Differences in the Associations between Vigorous-­­Intensity Leisure Time, Physical Activities, Education, and Acculturation among Latina/o Adults in the U.S

Danielle Roth-‐‐Johnson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, danielle.roth‐), Ted Jelen (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), and John P. Tuman (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Gender Role Attitudes and Attitudes toward Abortion in Latin America

Panel 9: Education Issues WRI-­C, Room 237

Chair: Professor Michele Kuenzi (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, )

Francisco Delcanto (Fresno Pacific University, ), Gina Ponce de León (Fresno Pacific University), A New Latin American Studies Program: Helping to Understand the Complex Reality of Latin America

Jay Lee (Independent Scholar, ), El Buen Camino: Dropout Rates, Explanatory Frameworks, and Cultural Subversion

Panel 10: Culture and Labor:

Workers and Their Impact on Rural and Urban Communities WRI-C, Room 235

Chair: Professor Barbara O. Reyes (University of New Mexico, )

Alexandro Jara (University of New Mexico, ), El Excentríco: Creating a Transnational Mexican Community in San Jose, CA, 1950-1980

Trisha Martinez (University of New Mexico, ), Following the Manito Trail: The Diaspora of Northern Nuevomexicano Culture

Jennifer Crownhart (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ), Labor Conditions and Multinational Firms in Peru’s Mining Sector

Norma Lira‐Perez (University of New Mexico, ) La Lucha Sigue: Domesticas en el estado de igualdad

Roundtable 2: New Research based on Mexican Sources and Indigenous Documents 2 WRI-C, Room 305

Moderator: Professor Tom Wright and Professor Miriam Melton-Villanueva, University of Nevada, Las Vegas‐Department of History

Panelists:

Ericka Carrillo Bracero: Unfulfilled Promises and Broken Dreams

Elizabeth Gonzalez Mathematic Interpretations of Patterns in the Aztec Calendar and the Early Mexican Number Systems

Cristina Arce Curanderismo: Magical Healing, Genuine Practice

Laura Orrell The Drug Cartel: The Secret Billion Dollar Industry

Lee Cannarozzo The Contribution of Visual Culture to the Incitation of Revolutionary

Insurrections During the Precursory Period of the Mexican Revolution

Anvar Huizar Mexica Medicine

Francesca Romanyshyn Institutionalization of the Mojave, Hualapia, and Paiute Childre

at Fort Mojave 1890-1931

Saturday, October 29 (Evening)

5:30 pm-7:00 pm: Closing Reception Marjorie Barrick Museum