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Zombie Culture
Why have zombies resonated so pervasively in the popular imagination and in media, especially films? Why have they proved to be one of the most versatile and popular monster types in the growing video game industry? What makes zombies such widespread symbols of horror and dread, and how have portrayals of zombies in movies changed and evolved to fit contemporary fears, anxieties, and social issues? Zombies have held a unique place in film and popular culture throughout most of the 20th century. Rare in that this enduring monster type originated in non-European folk culture rather than the Gothic tradition from which monsters like vampires and werewolves have emerged, zombies have in many way...
20 años. Creadores Literarios FIL Joven
El primer concurso de Creadores Literarios fil Joven se realizó en 1994. Se propusieron los objetivos de fomentar la lectoescritura, alimentar vocaciones y publicar los mejores trabajos. La premiación se realizó el 1 de diciembre de ese año en el marco de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara. Como resultado de esa primera experiencia, el SEMS publicó la primera antología Los ganadores fil Joven 94 con un tiraje de 250 ejemplares que se repartieron en las preparatorias de la Universidad de Guadalajara y fue presentada el 6 de abril de 1995. Este libro buscaba difundir los textos escritos por estudiantes para que sirvieran de referencia y motivación a los jóvenes bachilleres...
La sucesión presidencial en 1910
México ha tenido a lo largo del siglo xx e inicios del siglo xxi una relación ambigua, por decir lo menos, con la democracia. Si bien es cierto que el texto constitucional de 1917 se inspiró en los ideales democráticos de la Ilustración francesa y de los constituyentes de Filadelfia –especialmente en la idea de “soberanía popular” de Jean Jacques Rousseau, en la teoría sobre la división y el equilibrio de poderes de Charles de Montesquieu y en la teoría del gobierno representativo y la necesaria operación de frenos y contrapesos en las relaciones entre las instituciones fundamentales del Estado de Los Federalistas (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison y John Jay)–, también es...
The Presidential Succession of 1910
In 1908 Franciso I. Madero wrote to arouse his people to free themselves from the domination of the Diaz Administration by taking advantage of the opportunity afforded in the scheduled elections of 1910. His program voiced the rationale for the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1917: Effective suffrage, No re-election. Now in a precise translation one may read the true story of Madero's political program - a milestone in Mexican History."
Transnational Intellectual Networks
The university system, both in America and abroad, has always claimed a universal significance for its research and educational models. At the same time, many universities, particularly in Europe, have also claimed another role--as custodians of national culture. Transnational Intellectual Networks explores this apparent contradiction and its resulting intellectual tensions with illuminating essays that span the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century nationalization movements in Europe through the postwar era.
Technology and Citizen Participation in the Construction of Democracy
"As we live in an age of technological acceleration this book is very much of its time. Its ten essays, written from different outlooks, discuss how technologies, social networking and, in general, the Web 2.0 platforms that are applied and used when dealing with electoral and participatory democracy. The publication's background, its essential component, points to the ever-increasing ability of citizens to change their situations when they have better access to information. This edition is part of the work carried out at the international seminar Technology and Citizen Participation in the Construction of Democracy, co-organized by IEPC Jalisco and UNDP Mexico. It is displayed as a logbook, an exercise in reflection and a comprehensive study about electronic democracy and how it is related to citizenship building and citizen participation."--P. [4] of cover.
The Ugly Laws
In 1881, the Chicago City Code read, "Any person who is diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed... shall not... expose himself to public view." These "ugly laws" began in San Francisco in 1867, then spread through the U.S. and abroad; many in the U.S. weren't repealed until the 1970s. English professor Schweik (A Gulf So Deeply Cut: American Women Poets and the Second World War), co-director of UC Berkley's disabilities studies program, explores the emergence of these laws and their tragic consequences for thousands. Motivated largely by the desire to reduce beggar populations and to expand the role of charitable organizations, in practical terms the ugly laws meant "harsh polici...
The Palgrave Handbook of Animals and Literature
This volume is the first comprehensive guide to current research on animals, animality, and human-animal relations in literature. To reflect the history of literary animal studies to date, its primary focus is literary prose and poetry in English, while also accommodating emergent discussions of the full range of media and contexts with which literary studies engages, especially film and critical theory. User-friendly language, references, even suggestions for further readings are included to help newcomers to the field understand how it has taken shape primarily through recent decades. To further aid teachers, sections are organized by conventions of periodization, and chapters address a range of canonical and popular texts. Bookended by sections devoted to the field’s conceptual foundations and new directions, the volume is designed to set an agenda for literary animal studies for decades to come.
Animalities
New and cutting-edge work in animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanismRepresentations of animality continue to proliferate in various kinds of literary and cultural texts. This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to twentieth-century literature and film. The range of texts considered here is intentionally broad, answering questions like, how do contemporary writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Terry Tempest Williams, and Indra Sinha help us to think about not only animals but also humans as animals? What kinds of creatures are being constructed by contemporary artists such as Patricia Piccinini, ...
Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence
The development of a nation can be influenced by a wide range of factors. In the modern era of globalization, under-developed countries must strive to catch up to developed nations and establish themselves in the global market. The Handbook of Research on Global Indicators of Economic and Political Convergence is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on social, political, and environmental variables that affect the ability of developing countries to reach an equal standing in the global economy. Highlighting theoretical foundations, critical analyses, and real-world perspectives, this book is ideally designed for researchers, analysts, professionals, and upper-level students interested in emerging convergence and divergence trends in modern countries.
