An essential overview of this blossoming field, The Routledge Companion to Inter-American Studies is the first collection to draw together the diverse approaches and perspectives on the field, highlighting the importance of Inter-American Studies as it is practiced today. Including contributions from canonical figures in the field as well as a younger generation of scholars, reflecting the foundation and emergence of the field and establishing links between older and newer methodologies, this Companion covers:






Theoretical reflections



Colonial and historical perspectives



Cultural and political intersections



Border discourses



Sites and mobilities



Literary and linguistic perspectives



Area studies, global studies, and postnational studies



Phenomena of transfer, interconnectedness, power asymmetry, and transversality within the Americas.