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From ancient Maya cities in Mexico and Central America to the Taj Mahal in India, cultural heritage sites around the world are being drawn into the wave of privatization that has already swept through such economic sectors as telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. As nation-states decide they can no longer afford to maintain cultural properties—or find it economically advantageous not to do so in the globalizing economy—private actors are stepping in to excavate, conserve, interpret, and represent archaeological and historical sites. But what are the ramifications when a multinational corporation, or even an indigenous village, owns a piece of national patrimony which holds c...
Oysters in the Land of Cacao delivers a long-overdue presentation of the archaeology, material culture, and regional synthesis on the Formative to Late Classic period societies of the western Chontalpa region (Tabasco, Mexico) through contemporary theory. It offers a significant new understanding of the Mesoamerican Gulf Coast.
Este libro reúne diez propuestas, producto de la reflexión de especialistas en alguna parcela del amplio espectro de las religiosidades e identidades del antiguo régimen a las expresiones contemporáneas, pasando por el no menos enigmáticos siglo XIX. La primera parte se ocupa de explicar la configuración de algunas devociones novohispanas, entre ellas a la Inmaculada carmelitana, a Santiago apóstol, o una pléyade de santos venerados en capillas y oratorios de la ciudad de México. Los capítulos de la segunda parte del libro centran su interés en el examen de cómo lo sectores populares novohispanos y decimonónicos vivieron su religiosidad, recurriendo a la veneración de ciertas i...
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This documentary poem about the history of the Dominican Republic focuses on the active role of [women] in history. The narrator traces the continuous exploitation of the nation beginning with Columbus. [poetry][caribbean][multi-cultural]