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Home to an ethnically and linguistically diverse population, the Huasteca region of Eastern Mexico defies geographic and political boundaries and is instead known for its kaleidoscope of indigenous cultures rich in traditional art, music and dance. In Lotería Huasteca, author, visual artist and musician Alec Dempster illustrates the traditions and music of the Huasteca region with a series of woodblock prints and accompanying explanatory texts that capture the style and history of the region and its people. Organized in the form of the popular household game of lotería, Dempster’s words and images provide a fascinating mix of cultural reference, music history and artwork, which together form an educational game that imparts a tantalizing taste of the vibrant and diverse world of the Huasteca.
No Latin American woman has ever elicited such extreme feelings of love and hate as Eva Perón. She was an actress of humble origins who fell in love with and married the soon-to-be president of Argentina, Juan Domingo Perón. Evita, as she was fondly known, became the most powerful woman in Argentine history. Adored by the masses and loathed by the bourgeoisie, Evita polarized Argentine society. Not even her death could put an end to the mixed feelings she aroused during her lifetime, and Evita remains till this day a controversial figure. Eva Perón: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works captures Evita’s eventful life, her works, and her legacy. The volume features a chronology that in...
En las tradiciones indígenas de México el sueño coexiste con el trance, o es equivalente al mismo, y los chamanes locales lo utilizan para acceder a un espacio-tiempo alterno, caracterizado con distintas representaciones y denominaciones. Los V tomos de la obra “Los sueños y los días. Chamanismo y nahualismo en el México actual”, intentan conciliar el chamanismo, el nahualismo y el viaje onírico.
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Se exploran los conceptos de diversidad y patrimonio biocultural, situándolos en el contexto legal y de derechos humanos en México como país pluricultural. En cada capítulo, se abordan aspectos del vínculo indisoluble de los pueblos indígenas con su entorno, con enfoques analíticos distintos, como la etnoecología, el diálogo de saberes, la ecología política, entre otros.
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Mixtecs, Zapotecs, and Chatinos: Ancient Peoples of Southern Mexico examines the origins, history, and interrelationships of the civilizations that arose and flourished in Oaxaca. Provides an up-to-date summary of the current state of research findings and archaeological evidence Uses contemporary social theory to address many key problems relating to archaeology of the Americas, including the dynamics of social life and the rise and fall of civilizations Adds clarity to ongoing debates over cultural change and interregional interactions in ancient Mesoamerican societies Supplemented with compelling illustrations, photographs, and line drawings of various archaeological sites and artifacts
Este texto supone una novedosa interpretación de las obras de las grandes escritoras del siglo XIX. A través del estudio de sus logros en géneros radicalmente diferentes, las autoras descubrieron lo que parecía ser una tradición literaria manifiestamente femenina, que nadie había definido en su totalidad. Imágenes de encierro y fuga, fantasías en las que dobles locas hacían de sustitutas asociales de yoes dóciles, metáforas de incomodidad física manifestada en paisajes congelados e interiores ardientes; estos modelos reaparecían a lo largo de toda esta tradición, junto con las descripciones obsesivas de enfermedades como la anorexia, la agorafobia y la claustrofobia.