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Este libro nos habla de educación literaria, de continuidades y de cambios, de innovaciones y de falsas renovaciones en el ámbito de la formación literaria y el hábito lector. Identifica los principales retos y desafíos en la formación de lectores y de mediadores en la sociedad digital del siglo xxi, caracterizada por la complejidad comunicativa multimedial y multimodal, y por la hibridación de lo analógico y lo digital. Un ecosistema de lectura en cambio, que demanda posiblemente una síntesis enriquecedora de la cultura letrada y la cultura digital.
This book presents recent developments on the health and safety of fermented meat products. It discusses health aspects of select topics in fermented meat microbiology, veterinary public health, chemistry, technology, biotechnology, nutrition, toxicology, and quality assurance, and gives a broad insight into the product’s safety and health hazards. The book considers the safety of fermented meat products through a whole food chain approach. It focuses on requirements for strict hygienic and technological procedures to prevent potential risk during the production of ready-to-eat products. The book does not aim to serve as negative publicity for meat products. Just the opposite – it points out to the complexity of prevention and control of potential hazards/risks in the production which greatly contributes to a higher total value of fermented meat products. This reference book is a result of collaborative efforts of a number of distinguished authors with international reputation from renowned institutions and it is intended to both academic and professional audience.
What is said of Saint James in Mexico: Legends of the apostle James in Mexico.
"If you enjoy these too-good-to-be-true tales, Brunvand's new book will give you hours of pleasure."—Chicago Tribune A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend." Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: it's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find in this collection of over 200 tales at least one story you would have sworn was true. Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting and studying this modern folklore for over twenty years...
This classic study is an introduction to "oral poetry," a broad subject which Ruth Finnegan interprets as ranging from American folksongs, Eskimo lyrics, and modern popular songs to medieval oral literature, the heroic poems of Homer, and recent epic compositions in Asia or the Pacific. The book employs a broad comparative perspective and considers oral poetry from Africa, Asia, and Oceania as well as Europe and America. The results of Finnegan's vast research illuminate and suggest fresh conclusions to many current controversies: the nature of oral tradition and oral composition; the notion of a special oral style; possible connection between types of poetry and types of society; the differ...
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the multiple interrelationships between depression and various physical diseases. The WPA is providing an update of currently available evidence on these interrelationships by the publication of three books, dealing with the comorbidity of depression with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Depression is a frequent and serious comorbid condition in diabetes, which adversely affects quality of life and the long-term prognosis. Co-occurrent depression presents peculiar clinical challenges, making both conditions harder to manage. Depression and Diabetes is the first book devoted to the interaction between these common disorders. World lead...
La marginación de las culturas sexodiversas es particularmente notoria en el caso de la escritura autobiográfica, quizá porque todo texto autobiográfico LGBTIQ+ constituye, de un modo u otro, una salida del armario. Este libro contribuye a un mejor conocimiento de la escritura “gay”, su visibilización y dignificación, en el ámbito hispánico. Mediante breves ensayos introductorios a piezas memorialísticas, confesionales y autobiográficas escritas por algunos de los narradores y poetas más relevantes de España, México, Argentina, Perú, Cuba, Colombia, Chile y Puerto Rico, La vida iba en serio desvela la relevancia y, en algunos casos, sorprendente actualidad de las experiencias de vida que estas obras atesoran. Los creadores abordados son personalidades tan reconocidas de las culturas hispánicas de los siglos XX y XXI como, por ejemplo, Pedro Almodóvar, Reinaldo Arenas, Abelardo Arias, Luis Cernuda, Rafael Chirbes, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Juan Goytisolo, Pedro Lemebel, Terenci Moix, Carlos Monsiváis, Salvador Novo, Emilio Prados, Oswaldo Reynoso, Xavier Villaurrutia, Luis Antonio de Villena o Luis Zapata.