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A Country of Shepherds
This book draws on the life stories told by shepherds, farmers, and their families in the Andalusian region in Spain to sketch out the landscapes, actions, and challenges of people who work in pastoralism. Their narratives highlight how local practices interact with regional and European communities and policies, and they help us see a broader role for extensive grazing practices and sustainability. A Country of Shepherds is timely, reflecting the growing interest in ecological farming methods as well as the Spanish government’s recent work with UNESCO to recognise the seasonal movement of herd animals in the Iberian Peninsula as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Demonstrating the critical role of tradition, cultural geographies, and sustainability in the Mediterranean, this book will appeal to academicians but also to general readers who seek to understand, in very human terms, the impact of the world-wide environmental crisis we are now experiencing.
Culture and Dialogue
Vol.3, No.1 of Culture and Dialogue is a Special Issue in many ways. This issue marks the takeover by a new publisher. Because of contractual constraints and practical reasons the decision was made to continue our journey with Cambridge Scholars Publishing, whose great enthusiasm foreshadows a bright future for the journal. Our words of thanks, however, must also go to Airiti Press without which the journal would not have seen the light of day. We are indebted to Airiti Press for having invested into the launch of a new journal, with all the risks entailed, and for their dedicated hard work. We are most grateful for this. The Journal was officially launched in March 2011 and has since produc...
Conflict, Violence, Terrorism, and their Prevention
Conflict, Violence, Terrorism and their Prevention provides an inter-disciplinary and global perspective on aspects of aggression and violence. It explores the individual, group, and international processes and conditions by which violent conflict occurs. It shows the wide range and diffuse nature of contemporary violence and the need to approach it from many disciplines. The book also examines some multi-faceted solutions and responses to conflict. The optimistic conclusion from this work is that there are concrete and specific ways to address conflict and violence. Violence is neither inevitable nor innately determined. These 13 well-researched chapters use a variety of empirical and theor...
Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema
Emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special kinds of filmmaking in the world, Spanish cinema has been producing excellent directors, actors, and films for decades, including during the dark times of the Franco regime. With directors (Pedro Almodovar), actors and actresses (Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz), and films (Abre los ojos and Alatriste) amassing popularity, the outlook for Spanish cinema appears brighter than ever, and it is deservedly winning numerous fans abroad. --
Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema
Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema covers Spanish cinema, its treasures its constant attempts to break through internationally, reaching out towards universal themes and conventions, and the specific obstacles and opportunities that have shaped the careers of filmmakers and stars. This book contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on titles, movements, filmmakers and performers, and genres (such as homosexuality, nuevo cine español or horror). This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Spanish cinema.
Procesos migratorios femeninos internacionales en Andalucía
La presente obra busca ofrecer una panorámica general de la situación de las mujeres migrantes en el sur de España, concretamente en Andalucía, como escenario fronterizo de entrada a España y Europa. De esta forma, las aportaciones que se realizan en estas páginas están relacionadas con la Estrategia Andaluza para la Inmigración 2021-2025: inclusión y convivencia, de la Junta de Andalucía, favoreciendo el desarrollo de políticas públicas que contribuyan a la integración e inclusión de la población migrante en Andalucía desde una perspectiva de género, así como la igualdad de derechos y oportunidades para alcanzar una sociedad cohesionada. Además, el libro presenta el hecho...
La saeta. Su origen flamenco
La saeta, cante hecho oración, es sin duda, un símbolo de la Semana Santa Andaluza y, también, de otras regiones españolas. Nacida como cante llano, salmodiado, al calor de las procesiones de las órdenes mendicantes, pronto enraíza con la religiosidad musical y popular de numerosas ciudades y pueblos de nuestra geografía. Este libro, partiendo de esta realidad, profundiza en el proceso sinuoso y complejo de su aflamencamiento, llevado a cabo durante un largo período que abarca la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primeros del XX y que no se puede adjudicar a ningún cantaor en concreto sino, más bien, a la lenta maduración evolutiva de la manera de entender y ejecutar un cante matriz, la seguiriya, por una etnia, la gitana, acostumbrada a llevar a su terreno coplas populares del acervo musical castellano. La amplia documentación manejada, las noticias publicadas por la prensa de la época así como las grabaciones que se indican aportan un contenido muy completo para comprender, valorar y apreciar una forma de cantar expresada con el sentimiento indefinible de lo jondo.
Broken Cities
A comparative study of cities that fell into ruin through human involvement. We have been taught to think of ruins as historical artifacts, relegated to the past by a catastrophic event. Instead, Martin Devecka argues that we should see them as processes taking place over a long present. In Broken Cities, Devecka offers a wide-ranging comparative study of ruination, the process by which monuments, architectural sites, and urban centers decay into ruin over time. Weaving together four case studies—of classical Athens, late antique Rome, medieval Baghdad, and sixteenth-century Mexico City—Devecka shows that ruination is a complex social process largely contingent on changing imperial control rather than the result of immediate or natural events. Drawing on literature, legal texts, epigraphic evidence, and the narratives embodied in monuments and painting, Broken Cities is an expansive and nuanced study that holds great significance for the field of historiography.
The A to Z of Spanish Cinema
Emerging as one of the most exciting, fascinating, and special kinds of filmmaking in the world, Spanish cinema has been producing excellent directors, actors, and films for decades, including during the dark times of the Franco regime. With directors (Pedro Almodovar), actors and actresses (Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz), and films (Abre los ojos and Alatriste) amassing popularity, the outlook for Spanish cinema appears brighter than ever, and it is deservedly winning numerous fans abroad. --
En el jardín de las americanas
La historia de un grupo de mujeres brillantes, tenaces y pioneras que compartieron su afán por la educación, su amor por los libros e, incluso, un bonito jardín. Boston, 1871. Alice Gulick, misionera protestante, se embarca rumbo a España para luchar por la educación femenina. Su viaje marca el comienzo de una emocionante aventura que culmina con la creación del Instituto Internacional, un colegio muy avanzado para la época. En Madrid, las americanas de esta institución tejen vínculos duraderos con las profesoras y estudiantes de la Residencia de Señoritas, como María Goyri y María de Maeztu. Durante décadas compartirán edificios, intercambiarán cartas y unirán fuerzas para l...
