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Dance for Me When I Die
On the morning of February 6, 1999, Buenos Aires police officers shot and killed seventeen-year-old Víctor Manuel Vital, better known as Frente, while he was unarmed, hiding under a table, and trying to surrender. Widely known and respected throughout Buenos Aires's shantytowns for his success as a thief, commitment to a code of honor, and generosity to his community, Frente became a Robin Hood--style legend who, in death, was believed to have the power to make bullets swerve and save gang members from shrapnel. In Dance for Me When I Die—first published in Argentina in 2004 and appearing here in English for the first time—Cristian Alarcón tells the story and legacy of Frente's life and death in the context of the everyday experiences of love and survival, murder and addiction, and crime and courage of those living in the slums. Drawing on interviews with Frente's friends, family, and ex-girlfriends, as well as with local thieves and drug dealers, and having immersed himself in Frente's neighborhood for eighteen months, Alarcón captures the world of the urban poor in all of its complexity and humanity.
Si me querés, quereme transa
La manera en que habían eliminado al enemigo los muchachos de Chaparro perfeccionaba una estrategia que hicieron conocida en Villa del Señor en los años siguientes: "Primer tiro en la pierna, segundo tiro en la cabeza". A los sentenciados se les dispara primero en la pierna. Cuando la víctima cae de bruces, cuando implora por su vida, entonces, el tiro en la cabeza. Y si los sicarios son más de dos, entonces el segundo, por norma, remata al condenado en la sien. Así se hacen las cosas. Así aprende todo el mundo a quién hay que respetar y obedecer en Villa del Señor.
Que ma mort soit une fête
Victor Vital est un ado de 17 ans comme les autres : il sort danser la cumbia dans les clubs de Buenos Aires, fait les quatre cents coups avec ses amis, vit des histoires d'amour passionnées, à ceci près : il habite l'un des quartiers les plus pauvres de la capitale argentine. Pour survivre au jour le jour, il vole. Si sa mère voit ses agissements d'un mauvais oeil, les habitants du quartier, eux, le surnomment Robin des bois, car le jeune homme distribue toujours son butin. Victor Vital était considéré comme un des derniers voleurs ayant un code d'honneur. Il a été assassiné par la police en 1999, alors qu'il se rendait, sans arme. Loin de réduire au silence cet as du vol, la pol...
The Everyday Atlantic
In The Everyday Atlantic, Tania Gentic offers a new understanding of the ways in which individuals and communities perceive themselves in the twentieth-century Atlantic world. She grounds her study in first-time comparative readings of daily newspaper texts, written in Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan. Known as chronicles, these everyday literary writings are a precursor to the blog and reveal the ephemerality of identity as it is represented and received daily. Throughout the text Gentic offers fresh readings of well-known and lesser-known chroniclers (cronistas), including Eugeni d'Ors (Catalonia), Germán Arciniegas (Colombia), Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Carlos Monsiváis (Mexico), and B...
Cuando me muera quiero que me toquen cumbia
Cuando me muera quiero que me toquen cumbia es el célebre primer libro de crónicas de Cristian Alarcón, publicado originalmente en 2003. «-Su hijo está muerto. Ahí está, no lo toque. En el piso de tierra yacía Víctor, con la frente ancha y limpia que le dio sobrenombre, sobre un charco de sangre, bajo la mesa donde escribían el parte oficial de su muerte.» El 6 de febrero de 1999, la muerte de un pibe chorro, el Frente Vital, acribillado por la policía, elevó a la categoría de mito a esa especie de Robin Hood de la villa que repartía entre los vecinos lo que robaba, y dio origen al santo capaz de obrar milagros como el de cambiar el destino de las balas policiales. Cristian Al...
The Queer God
In The Queer God, Marcella Althaus-Reid reflects on Latin American spiritual traditions and considers the need for a Queer concept of holiness and a theology of grace outside colonial parameters.
Failed
Failed argues that some of the most important economic developments of recent years, including prolonged economic failures and alternatives, are widely misunderstood. Topics include the Eurozone, growth in the developing world, Latin America's "second independence" in the 21st century, and the International Monetary Fund's policies and loss of influence.
Cultures of Devotion
Spanish America has produced numerous "folk saints" -- venerated figures regarded as miraculous but not officially recognized by the Catholic Church. Some of these have huge national cults with hundreds -- perhaps millions -- of devotees. In this book Frank Graziano provides the first overview in any language of these saints, offering in-depth studies of the beliefs, rituals, and devotions surrounding seven representative figures. These case studies are illuminated by comparisons to some hundred additional saints from contemporary Spanish America. Among the six primary cases are Difunta Correa, at whose shrines devotees offer bottles of water and used auto parts in commemoration of her tragi...
Imagining Our Americas
DIVChallenges the disciplinary boundaries and the assumptions underlying the fields of Latin American Studies and American/U.S. Studies, demonstrating that the "Americas" is a concept that transcends geographical place./div
Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Emerging Trends and Technologies (ICAETT 2022), held in Riobamba, Ecuador, on 26–28 October 2022, proudly organized by Facultad de Informática y Electrónica (FIE) at Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo and supported by GDEON. ICAETT 2022 brings together top researchers and practitioners working in different domains of computer science to share their expertise and to discuss future developments and potential collaborations. Presenting high-quality, peer-reviewed papers, the book discusses the following topics: ● Artificial intelligence ● Communications ● e-Learning ● AT for engineering applications ● Security ● Technology trends
