"[I]t is the signal merit of Gordillo’s book to remind us of the value of the loose, but productive and fertile, horizontal connections and communities that make up the network of nodes and constellations that we too easily dismiss as 'mere' rubble." - Jon Beasley-Murray (Posthegemony blog) “<i>Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction</i> is theoretically dense and richly illustrated with diagrams and photographs. The ethnographic detail is often engrossing, while the overall argument challenges heritage and regional specialists to engage in more penetrating analysis of how historic forces of destruction shape the world and add to the rubble that piles up along the way.” - Diane Barthel-Bouchier (Journal of Latin American Geography) “Rubble is remarkable because Gordillo does not shy away from complex theorizing while also providing us with rich ethnographic storytelling. The result is a book that is as engaging as it is innovative, and which should capture the interest of a diverse audience. … dealing with the social production of space, racialized and ethnicized relations in Latin and South America, human-environment relationships, and affect theory. If the purpose of a book is to change the way one sees the world, Rubble succeeds.” - Roberto E. Barr (Journal of Anthropological Research) “Both the idea of rethinking ruins and going deep into the Chaco region are original and a welcome foray into events and people that have been side-lined by official histories. ...<i>Rubble</i> gives us layers of history, of rubble, overlapping stories of indigenous identity and conquering violence.” - Marcela López Levy (Latin America Bureau blog) “<i>Rubble </i>makes a series of generative interventions into the vast literature on memory and heritage studies in Latin America. Particularly rewarding for historians, anthropologists, and geographers interested in critical perspectives on modernity.” - Mónica Salas Landa (Hispanic American Historical Review)