Publications & Presentations
Major Publications:Books:
Lugo, Alejandro
In Press Fragmented Lives, Assembled Parts: Culture, Capitalism,
and Conquest at the U.S.-Mexico Border. University of Texas
Press.
Lugo, Alejandro (with Bill Maurer), editors
2000 Gender Matters: Rereading Michelle Z. Rosaldo.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Major Articles and Chapters in Books:
Lugo, Alejandro
2003 "Genders Matter: Women, Men, and the Production of
Feminist Knowledge" In Disciplines on the Line, edited by
Anne Cruz, Rosalie Hernandez-Pescorero, and Joyce Tolliver.
Newark, Del.: Juan de la Cuesta Press.
Lugo, Alejandro
Forthcoming "Inspecting Border Crossings: The Case of the
Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Region" in volume, Geographies of Latinidad,
edited by Matt Garcia, Angharad Valdivia, and Marie Leger. Durham:
Duke University Press.
Lugo, Alejandro
2000 "Theorizing Border Inspections." Cultural Dynamics 12(3):353
373, November Issue.
Lugo, Alejandro
2000 "Destabilizing the Masculine, Refocusing 'Gender': Men and
the Aura of Authority in Michelle Z. Rosaldo's Work." in Gender Matters:
Rereading Michelle Z. Rosaldo, edited by Alejandro Lugo and Bill Maurer.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Lugo, Alejandro
2000 "Preface." in Gender Matters: Rereading Michelle Rosaldo,
edited by Alejandro Lugo and Bill Maurer. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan
Press.
Lugo, Alejandro and Bill Maurer
2000 INTRODUCTION: "The Legacy of Michelle Z. Rosaldo: Politics
and Gender in Modern Societies." In Gender Matters. University of Michigan
Press.
Lugo, Alejandro
1997"Reflections on Border Theory, Culture, and the Nation."
In Border Theory: The Limits of Cultural Politics, pp. 43-67, edited
by Scott Michaelsen and David Johnson. Minneapolis: University of
Minnesota Press.
Lugo, Alejandro
1990 "Cultural Production and Reproduction in Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico: Tropes at Play among Maquiladora Workers." Cultural Anthropology.
5(2):173-196.
In process:
Lugo, Alejandro
"Towards a Theory of Culture, Class, and History." Current Anthropology,
under revision.
Other Publications:
1994a. "Economic Development, Maquiladoras, and Cultural Process in
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico." In Sociological Explorations: Focus on the Southwest,
ed. By H. Daudistel and C. Howard, pp. 161-177. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing
Co.
1994b. American Anthropologist. Book Review, Summer.
1992a. "Gloria Trevi: Resistencia, Desesperacion y Locura" Cuadernos
del Norte No. 17:37-39. Noviembre-Diciembre. (In Spanish)
1992b. "Durkheim, Mauss, and Levi-Strauss: An Anthropological Dynasty"
Finisterre: Revista Literaria 8:44-50. (In Spanish)
1992c. "La 'Teoria del Interes': On the Work of Barth, Bourdieu, and
Ortner" Finisterre: Revista Literaria 10:31-37. (In Spanish)
1991a. Abstract in Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts.
La Jolla, CA: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
1991b. "Madonna: Inmaculada" Cuadernos del Norte No. 15. May-June
(In Spanish).
Panels Organized for American Anthropological Association Meetings:
Fall 2001. Engaging Chicana Feminist Theory and Practice in Anthropology (With Ana Maria Juárez). AAA Meeting in D.C.
Fall 1999. Foucault Effect: New Ethnographies for the Millennium. AAA Meetings in Chicago.
Fall 1997. Mestizaje and the (Post) Colonial Question: Coversations with Jorge Klor de Alva. AAA Meetings in Washington,D.C.
Fall 1992. Papers in Honor and Memory of Michelle Z. Rosaldo: Toward New and Different Readings of Her Feminist Work. AAA Meetings in San Francisco.
Recent Professional Papers/Professional Conferences:
Spring 2001a. "Gender and Death in the Production of a Mexican Border City in the Late Twentieth Century." for Conference: Producing/Consuming Cities, organized by the IPRH at end of March.
Spring 2001b. "Chicanos/as, Spaniards, and Aztecs in Search of Aztlan: The Invention of Identity and the Unequal Politics of Conquest" for Conference during Latino Month at La Casa Cultural, April 16, 2001.
Fall 2000. "Labor, Death, and Capitalism in a Border City: The Case of Ciudad Juárez." In Labor History: North American Labor History Conference, October 19-21, 2000.
Spring 2000a. "Los Mandados" in Session "Border Tensions and Integration in a NAFTA AND MERCOSUR". Latin American Studies Association. Miami. March 16-18.
Spring 2000b. Invited Participant in Workshop: "Reconceptualizing Latin Americanist Anthropology: A North-South Dialogue."
Spring 2000c. Discussant for Panel: "Theory: Intersections of Globalization and Gender" in Joint Areas Ford Foundation Symposium. April 14-15. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Fall 1999a. "Opportunist Male Gazes, Vulnerable Female Bodies: At the Wrong Time, At the Wrong Place, and the Possibility of Counter Surveillance". Delivered at the AAA Meetings in Chicago, Nov. 17-21.
Fall 1999b. Session I: Border Issues/Diaspora. Conference: "Territories and Boundaries: Geographies of Latinidad." October 28-30.
Fall 1999c. "Gender Matters" Paper delivered at Conference: Feminismos Symposium. November 5-6. Levis Faculty Center. University of Illinois.
Spring 1999a. "Border Inspections." Symposium on Migrations and Diaspora. Trinity College, Connecticut. March 12-14.
Spring 1999c. Discussant at Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. March 1.
Fall 1998. "Border Inspections." American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Spring 1998. "Men and the Aura of Authority in Feminist Anthropology: Lessons from the Assembly Line in Mexico's Maquiladoras." Colloquium Series. Knox College.
Spring1997. "The Impact of the Maquiladoras in Mexico." 29th Annual Quad-Cities World Affairs Conference. Topic: Mexico in Crisis. Moline, Illinois. March 21-22.
Fall 1997a. Organizer of Session, Mestizaje and the (Post)Colonial Question: Conversations with Jorge Klor de Alva, Parts I and II. American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC.
Fall 1997b. "Introduction" to Session: Mestizaje and the (Post)Colonial Question: Conversations with Jorge Klor de Alva, Parts I and II. American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC.
Fall 1997c. "Destabilizing the Masculine: Men and the Aura of Authority in Feminist Anthropology." Colloquium Series Fall 1997. Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. University of Illinois. December 1, 1997.