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Ser mujer en la sociedad actual, sobre todo la colombiana, resulta una experiencia confrontadora desde muchas perspectivas. La violencia y la magia que atraviesa el cuerpo de mujer de manera paralela, influye y moldea su existencia terrenal, convirtiéndolas en víctimas y agentes de violencia, tanto para otros como para ellas mismas. Cada uno de estos relatos representa las tantas facetas y posibilidades de ser mujer, el peso de la violencia sobre ellas y las relaciones que establecen, transmitiendo el dolor por generaciones. Una diversidad de historias que nacen de la experiencia personal.
Now we are nearly at the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, but violence still permeates in our lives at various levels. Various forms of violence occurring at levels of interpersonal, self-directed, collective, state, warfare, child and youth violence, intimate partner violence, environmental violence, and animal violence lay bare the complexity and pervasiveness of the phenomenon, yet it also brings along the necessity to discuss violence from multiple perspectives. Undoubtedly, violence that we have been facing and/or enduring in our lives are mostly man-made; however we need to raise awareness about the interrelatedness of various forms of violence directed not only to...
Este texto recoge los trabajos del Congreso Internacional de Literatura Medellín Negro del 2018 y de colaboradores invitados para resolver preguntas como: ¿cuáles son las representaciones de la república o la democracia en las novelas contemporáneas? ¿cuáles son los casos de violencia en estos modelos de organización social? , ¿cuál es el papel de la mujer en el mundo social de la novela de crímenes contemporánea?. Principios como: el imperio de la ley y la soberanía nacional sirven para entender los mecanismos de violencia y discriminación contra las mujeres, minorías étnicas, trabajadores o intelectuales. La novela de crímenes es un espejo útil para comprender estas situaciones.
Una mañana llaman a la puerta del departamento de Othoniel Cook. Se trata de la conserje del edificio, quien porta un sobre de un conocido bufete de abogados del este de Caracas. Detrás de aquella misiva, se esconde la herencia del finado Nathan Cook. Como único pariente sobreviviente, Othoniel deberá viajar a un pequeño pueblo de pescadores de la costa atlántica canadiense. En su periplo, Otto se encontrará con una bella mujer, de ojos gatunos, que dirige una librería en Peggys Cove. Ambos, emprenderán la tarea de liquidar la biblioteca del difunto tío, donde se contienen auténticas rarezas. Lo que comienza como una transacción de negocios, pronto adquirirá visos románticos y enigmáticos alrededor de un misterioso dibujo oculto en la cubierta de uno de esos volúmenes.
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) looks realistically at how we could effectively use agriculture/AKST to help us meet development and sustainability goals. An unprecedented three-year collaborative effort, the IAASTD involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries and cost more than $11 million. It reports on the advances and setbacks of the past fifty years and offers options for the next fifty years. The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report. The Global Report gives the key findings of the Assessment, and the five Sub-Global ...
'NDiaye is a hypnotic storyteller with an unflinching understanding of the rock-bottom reality of most people's life.' New York Times ' One of France's most exciting prose stylists.' The Guardian. Obsessed by her encounters with the mysterious green women, and haunted by the Garonne River, a nameless narrator seeks them out in La Roele, Paris, Marseille, and Ouagadougou. Each encounter reveals different aspects of the women; real or imagined, dead or alive, seductive or suicidal, driving the narrator deeper into her obsession, in this unsettling exploration of identity, memory and paranoia. Self Portrait in Green is the multi-prize winning, Marie NDiaye's brilliant subversion of the memoir. Written in diary entries, with lyrical prose and dreamlike imagery, we start with and return to the river, which mirrors the narrative by posing more questions than it answers.
'Species' are central to understanding the origin and dynamics of biological diversity; explaining why lineages split into multiple distinct species is one of the main goals of evolutionary biology. However the existence of species is often taken for granted, and precisely what is meant by species and whether they really exist as a pattern of nature has rarely been modelled or critically tested. This novel book presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, describing what species are, how they form, the consequences of species boundaries and diversity for evolution, and patterns of species accumulation over time. The central thesis is that species represent more than just a unit of taxonomy; they are a model of how diversity is structured as well as how groups of related organisms evolve. The author adopts an intentionally broad approach, stepping back from the details to consider what species constitute, both theoretically and empirically, and how we detect them, drawing on a wealth of examples from microbes to multicellular organisms.
Originally published in 2011, The Mosquito Bite Author is the seventh novel by the acclaimed Turkish author Barış Bıçakçı. It follows the daily life of an aspiring novelist, Cemil, in the months after he submits his manuscript to a publisher in Istanbul. Living in an unremarkable apartment complex in the outskirts of Ankara, Cemil spends his days going on walks, cooking for his wife, repairing leaks in his neighbor’s bathroom, and having elaborate imaginary conversations in his head with his potential editor about the meaning of life and art. Uncertain of whether his manuscript will be accepted, Cemil wavers between thoughtful meditations on the origin of the universe and the trajectory of political literature in Turkey, panic over his own worth as a writer, and incredulity toward the objects that make up his quiet world in the Ankara suburbs.
This open access textbook represents a vital contribution to global health education, offering insights into health promotion as part of patient care for bachelor’s and master’s students in health care (nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, radiotherapists, social care workers etc.) as well as health care professionals, and providing an overview of the field of health science and health promotion for PhD students and researchers. Written by leading experts from seven countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, it first discusses the theory of health promotion and vital concepts. It then presents updated evidence-based health promotion approaches in different populations (...
Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.