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.