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Cheap Print and the People
In every country across Europe, at some point or other during the last five hundred years, cheap printed materials were the staple diet of ordinary people, providing a rich array of entertainment, education, and information. They came in various forms, but were usually variations on the theme of single sheets or simple booklets, and they were carried far and wide in pedlars’ packs and sold in the streets, at fairs and markets and wherever crowds gathered, as well as in backstreet shops. Their content was as broad as can be imagined: news and scandal, crimes and last-dying confessions of murderers, divinations, instructional works, wonder stories, miracles, folktales and legends, love stori...
Una imprenta hispana del siglo XVII
Esta investigación parte del estudio de un documento excepcional: el Libro de cuentas de Pedro Blusón y Juan Francisco Larumbe, que hasta la fecha es el más antiguo «libro de cuenta y razón» de una imprenta localizado en la Península. Para una mejor comprensión del documento y de su información se ha completado con la revisión y análisis de otras fuentes bibliográficas y archivísticas. La presente obra ofrece una panorámica de la imprenta en Huesca en la primera mitad del siglo XVII que puede ser un buen ejemplo del funcionamiento de un pequeño taller de la época, revelando qué se imprime, cómo se producen los impresos y libros, cómo se distribuyen, qué gastos e ingresos se obtienen, qué relaciones existen entre los diferentes profesionales del libro… También permite conocer mejor a los protagonistas del libro y algunas de las facetas de su vida cotidiana. La imprenta de Pedro Blusón y Juan Francisco Larumbe es además la imprenta de la Universidad Sertoriana, por lo que su estudio ayuda a comprender mejor la actividad de los impresores de las universidades en el siglo XVII.
Redes del libro en España
En este libro se analizan las redes del libro en España en el mundo moderno y contemporáneo, centrando el análisis en sus agentes, nodos y medios de circulación. Los estudios abordan la geografía del libro en tránsito, la relación entre oferta y demanda en redes formales e informales, y la capacidad de los agentes para adquirir y transportar el libro, considerado como un bien de intercambio y objeto de interés para las comunidades de lectores. Las interacciones entre estos agentes permiten delimitar las posibilidades de acceso al libro en zonas como Huesca, analizando uno de los pocos libros de contabilidad conservados de una dinastía de impresores, y en el caso de Soria, dando a co...
The Image of Celestina
La Celestina, a Spanish literary masterpiece second only in importance to Don Quixote in Spanish literature, has been shaped by the inclusion of images from its very first edition in 1499. The subsequent five centuries were punctuated by many illustrated editions; imaginary portraits of the eponymous procuress Celestina by painters such as Murillo, Goya, and Picasso; and, more recently, screen and stage adaptations. Celestina became the prototype from which later representations of procuresses and bawds derived. The Image of Celestina sheds light on the visual culture that developed around La Celestina, including paintings, illustrations, and advertisements. Enrique Fernández examines La Celestina as a mixed-media text, incorporating methods from disciplines such as art history and women’s and cinema studies, and considers a variety of images including promotional posters, lobby pictures, and playbills of theatrical and cinematic adaptations of the book. Using a visual studies approach, The Image of Celestina ultimately illuminates the culture of Celestina, a mythical figure, who surpasses the literary text in which she originated.
Smoldering Ashes
In Smoldering Ashes Charles F. Walker interprets the end of Spanish domination in Peru and that country’s shaky transition to an autonomous republican state. Placing the indigenous population at the center of his analysis, Walker shows how the Indian peasants played a crucial and previously unacknowledged role in the battle against colonialism and in the political clashes of the early republican period. With its focus on Cuzco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, Smoldering Ashes highlights the promises and frustrations of a critical period whose long shadow remains cast on modern Peru. Peru’s Indian majority and non-Indian elite were both opposed to Spanish rule, and both groups part...
The Caudillo of the Andes
The story of Andrés de Santa Cruz, who lived during the turbulent transition from Spanish colonial rule to the founding of Peru and Bolivia.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
This vast three-volume Encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of the dynamic and exciting contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its coverage is unparalleled with more than 40 regions discussed and a time-span of 1920 to the present day. "Culture" is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television, transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture. The international team of contributors include many who are based in Latin America and the Caribbean making this the most essential, authoritative and authentic Encyclopedia for anyone studying Latin American and Caribbean studies. Key features include: * over 4000 entries ranging from extensive overview entries which provide context for general issues to shorter, factual or biographical pieces * articles followed by bibliographic references which offer a starting point for further research * extensive cross-referencing and thematic and regional contents lists direct users to relevant articles and help map a route through the entries * a comprehensive index provides further guidance.
Shining and Other Paths
The first comprehensive study of the Shining Path, the Maoist sect of indigenous people who waged a a brutal war in Peru during the 1980s and early 1990s in an attempt to effect a Communist revolution .
Ōsaka Archaeology
This book summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization.
