LACASA Chicago
Latin American and Latino/a Cultural Activities and Studies Arena of Chicago
Last updated
October 13, 2001
Coordinated by
Professor Marc Zimmerman (Latin American and Latino Studies, University of
Illinois at Chicago), the Chicago Latin American/Latino/a Cultural Activities
and Studies Arena (LACASA CHICAGO) seeks to work on given cultural projects
(exhibitions, presentations, publications, etc.) with Chicago-area Latino
community and academic groups and to develop Chicago Latino ties with other
Latin American and Latino cultural projects and groups throughout the Americas
and beyond.
LACASA Chicago seeks to
publish, distribute and promote or help find the proper public venue for
creative and analytical projects that address issues and concerns stemming from
the recent emergence and development of Latin American and Latino Cultural
Studies. Emphasizing the contributions
and perspectives of Chicago-based or related artists, writers, critics and
scholars, LACASA seeks to provide opportunities to neophytes in concert with
more established cultural workers; the organization seeks to help build and
diversify Chicago=s Latino/Latin American cultural
infrastructure. Above all, its aim is
to project the city as a Latin American center in relation to other Latin
American centers in the U.S. and Latin America for the new century in which we
live.
LACASA CHICAGO: The Chicago Latin American and Latino/a Cultural Activities (Working Document)
LaCasa Chicago Full Description and Publications
Forthcoming:
- Ciudades latinoamericanas y procesos urbanos en el nuevo [des]orden mundial, edited by Marc Zimmerman and Patricio Navia, forthcoming 2002.
- Procesos transnacionales y transformaciones culturales entre los latinos de los Estados Unidos (tenative title) [See also: Records of the Mapping Latin American Chicago (MLAC) Post-LASA Conference, Sept 27-29, 1998]
Recent Publications:
· Globalización, Nación, Postmodernidad. Estudios Culturales Puertorriqueños, editado por Luis Felipe Diaz y Marc Zimmerman , Ediciones LaCasa, Puerto Rico, 2001
· New World [Dis]Orders and Peripheral Strains. Specifying Cultural Dimensions in Latin American and Latino Studies, edited by Michael Piazza and Marc Zimmerman. Chicago: MARCH/Abrazo Press, 1998. ISBN 1-877636-16-9.
· U.S. Latino Literature. An Essay and Annotated Bibliography by Marc Zimmerman, March/Abrazo Press, Chicago, 1992.