RobertÌýBuffington

  • Professor
  • WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES

Robert Buffington is a Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on the histories of crime, gender, and sexuality in Mexico and Latin America. His most recent book,ÌýA Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900-1910Ìý(Duke University Press, 2015) analyzes the impact of modernity on working-class notions of manhood in early twentieth-century Mexico City. Other books includeÌýCriminal and Citizen in Modern MexicoÌý(University of Nebraska Press, 2000),ÌýA Global History of SexualityÌý(co-edited with Eithne Luibhéid and Donna Guy),ÌýTrue Stories of Crime in Modern MexicoÌý(co-edited with Pablo Piccato),Reconstructing Criminality in Modern Latin AmericaÌý(co-edited with Carlos Aguirre),ÌýMexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History(co-written with Don Coerver and Suzanne Pasztor),ÌýKeen’s Latin American Civilization, Volume One: The Colonial Era, 10th edition (co-edited with Lila Caimari), andÌýKeen’s Latin American Civilization, Volume 2: The Modern Era, 10th edition (co-edited with Lila Caimari).