MACLAS Journal Essays Vol. XVII 

Selected Papers Presented at the 24th Annual Conference Of the Middle American Council of Latin American Studies

Kutztown University

February 21-22, 2003

MACLAS PRIZE WINNERS
History
Gloria Jeanne Budtorf Clark - Juan Ruiz de Alarcon:Disability and Dissonance in Golden Age Spain
Christian J. Maisch - Free Trade--The Inter-American System's Oldest and Newest Goal: The Evolution of Economic Themes in Inter-American Relations From the 1800's to the Present
Literature,Language, and Art
Joan F. Marx - Breaking the Silence in Alba Ambert's Porgue Hay Silencio: One Woman's Journey
Consuelo Hernandez- Nicolas Guillen y su legado
Marisa Pereyra - La alteridad y sus múltiples representaciones:el modo utópico como dinámica del deseo en La nave de los locos de Cristina Peri Rossi
Maria Roof - Africa and Latin America:Cinematic Connections
Pedagogy
Christine Coleman Young - Transforming Negative Attitudes About Learning Spanish Through Community Service-Learning
Political Science
Bartosz H. Stanislowski- Mapping Latin American Security in the post-Cold War Era: Transnational Organized Crime and Its Impact on the Region
Brian Turner - The Administration of Things in Post-Pri Mexico: The View From The Mayor's Office
Ivani Vassoller- Urban Visions:Lessons in Governance From Two Brazilian Cities