Josaphat, un FotóGrafo Entre Dos Mundos

Josaphat, un FotóGrafo Entre Dos Mundos
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Publisher : Palibrio
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9781463324568
ISBN-13 : 1463324561
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Josaphat, un FotóGrafo Entre Dos Mundos by : Alfonso Martínez Guerra

Esta obra trata sobre la vida de un exitoso fotógrafo poblano de principios del siglo pasado, Josaphat Martínez, cuya transcendencia en las artes gráficas de su época, dejó de una profunda huella en la modalidad fotografía. Su talento y sensibilidad le permitieron ascender rápidamente como profesional, primero en México, retratando a los principales caudillos de la Revolución Mexicana, y posteriormente en las ciudades de Rochester y Nueva York, encomendándosele la toma fotográfica del presidente Woodrow Wilson, algo difícil de darse a un mexicano, debido a las tensas relaciones EU-México, y por lo tanto la animadversión hacia los mexicanos era en ese entonces sumamente marcada. Sin ser biografía de Josaphat propiamente dicha, la obra describe una parte de su interesante vida y por otro lado, en el relato de la misma, pueden captarse los momentos históricos que se vivían, en ambos países, llegando hasta la vida posrevolucionaria de México.

Theatre of Crisis

Theatre of Crisis
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Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015021482032
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Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Theatre of Crisis by : Diana Taylor

Taylor (Spanish and comparative literature, Dartmouth College) draws on five Latin American plays written 1965-70 to illustrate how theatre both reflects and shapes political and economic events and movements. Of interest to students of either theatre or Latin America. All nations are translated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region

Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 9783030359409
ISBN-13 : 3030359409
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region by : Augusto S. Auler

This book discusses the Lagoa Santa Karst, which has been internationally known since the pioneering studies of the Danish naturalist Peter Lund in the early 1800s. It covers the speleogenesis, geology, vegetation, fauna, hydrogeology, geomorphology, and anthropogenic use of the Lagoa Santa Karst and is the first English-language book on this major karst area. The area, which has been at the heart of the debate on the origin and age of human colonization in the Americas, is characterized by a classical and scenic karst landscape with limestone cliffs, karst lakes and karst plains, in addition to numerous solution dolines. More than 1,000 caves have been documented in the area, many with significant archeological and paleontological value. Despite its great importance, the Lagoa Santa Karst faces severe environmental threats due to limestone mining and the expansion of the metropolis of Belo Horizonte and its surrounding towns. The growing recognition of the area’s remarkable significance has led to increasing concern, and a number of protected areas have now been established, improving the conservation status of this landmark karst area.

Postmodernism’s Role in Latin American Literature

Postmodernism’s Role in Latin American Literature
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9780230107939
ISBN-13 : 0230107931
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Postmodernism’s Role in Latin American Literature by : H. Weldt-Basson

Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005), winner of the prestigious Cervantes prize, is one of the most important Latin American writers of the twentieth century. This commemorative collection consists of articles by nine scholars reflecting upon the postmodern nature of the Paraguayan author s literary production and his place in world literature. The volume includes articles on the author s screenplays, his masterpiece, the dictator novel I The Supreme, his short stories, feminist approaches to Roa Bastos s novels, reflections on the writer s Guarani poetry, and a study of the complex, intertextual relationships between his novel El fiscal and his other texts.

Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 0813042321
ISBN-13 : 9780813042329
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography by : Emily Maguire

Examines how a cadre of writers reimagined the nation and re-valorized Afro-Cuban culture through a textual production that incorporated elements of the ethnographic with the literary.

The British Discovery of Buddhism

The British Discovery of Buddhism
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 0521033853
ISBN-13 : 9780521033855
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The British Discovery of Buddhism by : Philip C. Almond

This is the first book to examine the British discovery of Buddhism during the Victorian period. It was only during the nineteenth century that Buddhism became, in the western mind, a religious tradition separate from Hinduism. As a result, Buddha emerge from a realm of myth and was addressed as a historical figure. Almond's exploration of British interpretations of Buddhism--of its founder, its doctrines, its ethics, its social practices, its truth and value--illuminates more than the various aspects of Buddhist culture: it sheds light on the Victorian society making these judgements.

Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic

Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9783319582085
ISBN-13 : 3319582089
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Imperialism and the Wider Atlantic by : Tania Gentic

The essays in this volume broaden previous approaches to Atlantic literature and culture by comparatively studying the politics and textualities of Southern Europe, North America, and Latin America across languages, cultures, and periods. Historically grounded while offering new theoretical approaches, the volume encourages debate on whether the critical lens of imperialism often invoked to explain transatlantic studies may be challenged by the diagonal translinguistic relationships that comprise what the editors term "the wider Atlantic". The essays explore how instances of inverse coloniality, global networks of circulation, and linguistic conceptualizations of nation and identity question dominant structures of power from the nineteenth century to today.

The Anthology of Babel

The Anthology of Babel
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Publisher : punctum books
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781950192472
ISBN-13 : 1950192474
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Anthology of Babel by : Ed Simon

Why should there only be literary scholarship about authors who actually lived, and texts which exist? Where are the articles on Enoch Campion, Linus Withold, Redondo Panza, Darshan Singh, or Heidi B. Morton? That none of these are real authors should be no impediment to interpreting their invented writings. In the first collection of its kind, The Anthology of Babel publishes academic articles by scholars on authors, books, and movements that are completely invented. Blurring the lines between scholarship and creative writing, The Anthology of Babel inaugurates a completely new literary genre perfectly attuned to the era we live in, a project evocative of Jorge-Louis Borges, Umberto Eco, and Italo Calvino.

Coloniality of Diasporas

Coloniality of Diasporas
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781137413079
ISBN-13 : 1137413077
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Coloniality of Diasporas by : Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel

Focusing on piracy in the seventeenth century, filibustering in the nineteenth century, intracolonial migrations in the 1930s, metropolitan racializations in the 1950s and 1960s, and feminist redefinitions of creolization and sexile from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book redefines the Caribbean beyond the postcolonial debate.

Miami Noir

Miami Noir
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Publisher : Akashic Books
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9781936070381
ISBN-13 : 1936070383
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Miami Noir by : Les Standiford

“For such a sun-stoked place, Miami sure is shady . . . this batch of dirty deep South Florida fiction might just send you packing . . . your own heat.” —SunPost Don’t let the fabulous weather, the beach bodies, and the high-end boutiques fool you. There is a darkness to Miami that can hit just as hard as a hurricane. If by day, the streets are lined with tourists, at night the gangsters, drug dealers, and desperate come out to play. It’s this Miami that has captured the imagination of some of the city’s best writers. Miami Noir includes stories by James W. Hall, Barbara Parker, John Dufresne, Paul Levine, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Tom Corcoran, Christine Kling, George Tucker, Kevin Allen, Anthony Dale Gagliano, David Beaty, Vicki Hendricks, John Bond, Preston Allen, Lynne Barrett, and Jeffrey Wehr. “For different reasons these stories cultivate a little something special, a radiance, a humanity, even a grace, In the midst of the noir gloom, and thereby set themselves apart. Variety, familiarity, mood and tone, and the occasional gem of a story make Miami Noir a collection to savor.” —The Miami Herald “Murder is nothing new in Miami—or any other big city, for that matter. But seldom has it been so entertaining as it is in the 16 short stories included in Miami Noir.” —Palm Beach Daily News “This well-chosen short story collection isn’t just a thoughtful compilation of work by some of South Florida’s best and upcoming writers. Each Miami Noir story also is a window on a different part of Miami-Dade and its melting pot of cultures.” —South Florida Sun-Sentinel