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Robert Buffington is a Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the 麻豆影院. His research focuses on the histories of crime, gender, and sexuality in Mexico and Latin America. His most recent book,聽A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900-1910聽(Duke University Press, 2015) analyzes the impact of modernity on working-class notions of manhood in early twentieth-century Mexico City. Other books include聽Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico聽(University of Nebraska Press, 2000),聽A Global History of Sexuality聽(co-edited with Eithne Luibh茅id and Donna Guy),聽True Stories of Crime in Modern Mexico聽(co-edited with Pablo Piccato),Reconstructing Criminality in Modern Latin America聽(co-edited with Carlos Aguirre),聽Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History(co-written with Don Coerver and Suzanne Pasztor),聽Keen鈥檚 Latin American Civilization, Volume One: The Colonial Era, 10th edition (co-edited with Lila Caimari), and聽Keen鈥檚 Latin American Civilization, Volume 2: The Modern Era, 10th edition (co-edited with Lila Caimari).