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  • ISSN: 1542-4278 (Online)
  • Editor: Carmen Martínez Novo University of Florida, USA
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The Latin American Research Review (LARR) publishes original research and review essays on Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latina/Latino studies. LARR covers the social sciences and the humanities, including the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, history, literature and cultural studies, political science, and sociology.
The journal reviews and publishes papers in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. All papers, except for book and documentary film review essays, are subject to double-blind peer review. More information on book and documentary film review essays is available here. For general submission guidelines, see journal information.
LARR, the academic journal of the Latin American Studies Association, has been in continuous publication since 1965.

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