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Mientras escribimos estas palabras como antesala a esta publicación, que usted, amable lector, tiene en sus manos, escuchamos las voces noticiosas del último ataque terrorista del grupo militante Hamás y la férrea determinación del Estado de Israel de destruir totalmente a este grupo palestino. Por otro lado, en Europa Oriental, cada día somos testigos de los horrores de la guerra entre Ucrania y Rusia, en la que no parece avizorarse una tregua cercana. Asimismo, los discursos bélicos de Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea en nombre de la seguridad supranacional han aumentado geométricamente la producción y el comercio de armamento pesado y estratégico en todo el mundo, mientras exi...
Presentar un libro es una tarea, justamente, en clave de testimonio. Se trata de reconstruir lo que se ha hecho desde hace casi un año partiendo de los primeros esbozos, resultados de conversaciones con colegas y que hoy se han convertido en una obra a varias voces. La imaginación y la creatividad de este texto fijado en la escritura parece haber resistido al esquematismo de las normas y formas que suelen caracterizar un texto científico. Al recorrer estas líneas, la escritura de este libro parece haber concluido, pero, para el lector, apenas comienza y este acto de cierre e iniciación permite que la narrativa aquí expuesta juegue en las diversas temporalidades que brinda un texto. Par...
Presents a global history of dress regulation and debates around how human life and societies should be visualised and materialised.
Pellucid Paper is an interdisciplinary study of the materiality of Early Modern poetry and its relation to political power, memory and subject constitution. Informed by German Media theory and specifically the more recent developments of Cultural Techniques, Wickberg offers a fresh and imaginative take on Early Modern culture.
“This collection, because of its exceptional theoretical coherence and sophistication, is qualitatively superior to the most frequently consulted anthologies on Latin American women’s history and literature . . . [and] represents a new, more theoretically rigorous stage in the feminist debate on Latin American women.”—Elizabeth Garrels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This concise guide brings orthopaedic surgeons and paediatricians up to date with the latest developments in the management of bone and joint (osteoarticular) infections in children. Beginning with an introduction to the causes and development of osteoarticular disorders, the following chapters discuss their clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and treatment options, both surgical and conservative. Each chapter describes a different infection and its management, with a separate chapter examining drug-resistant osteoarticular tuberculosis and co-infection with HIV. The final section discusses advances and research in the condition. Key points Concise guide to the diagnosis and management of bone and joint infections in children Each chapter discusses a different infection and covers conservative and surgical treatment Final chapter describes new advances and research Includes more than 150 full colour images and illustrations
A land of history, magic and legend.... Sarah Cooley, 14, and her friends want to return to Bear Valley in Olympic National Park before Buckhorn begins mining erbium, a substance rumored to detoxify coal. Carl Larsen, saddled with his difficult niece Laurie, is investigating mysterious elk kills on nearby National Forest lands. Victoria Oldsea, Buckhorn's project manager, hopes to take her son Jared camping as a break from work before the mining begins. A terrible windstorm upends everything. Strange, inexplicable animals appear. Ancient visions of an ancient people, perhaps dreams, possibly memory, are reported. Are the Olympics more mysterious than anyone knows? Does the answer lie in Bear Valley? Totem is the third and concluding tale in the Strong Heart series, starting in Strong Heart, continuing in Adrift, and now following Sarah Cooley and her friends to an astounding conclusion as they face conflict, danger, mythical legend, and ancient truth.