Ericka Beckman: Agrarian Questions: The Latin American Novel on the Road to Capitalism

About This Event

Join us for a book talk by Ericka Beckman on her new monograph, Agrarian Questions: The Latin American Novel on the Road to Capitalism, published by Verso in summer 2026. The talk will be followed by a reception. "Between 1910 and 1970, Latin America experienced a rapid and radical transformation. Rural societies became urban, and peasants found themselves forced into precarious wage labor. The Latin American novel became the key witness to this upheaval, revealing capitalism’s violent remaking of country and city alike. In Agrarian Questions, Ericka Beckman shows how these novels illuminate an epochal reshaping of land and labor—gifting readers with insights that continue to resonate in a world of increasing urban precarity."

Featured Guests

• Ericka Beckman, Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania