This is a reference work containing 54 entries defining and explaining generally accepted cultural studies terms as well as those specific to the study of Latin American culture.

This dictionary provides background to the Latin American region, for anyone interested in the current affairs, recent history and economy of this vast area. Entries provide definitions of terms, concepts, names and organizations key to discussions of Central and South America. Covering some 48 countries and territories, this volume offers a unique insight to the political and economic dimensions of this diverse region.

The Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater provides users with a single-volume reference tool covering Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the 16 Spanish-speaking countries of continental Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). Entries for authors, from the early colonial period to the present, give biographical data and an account of the author's literary production, with particular attention to their most prominent works and where they belong in literary history.