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Drawings by Roberto Rosique of contemporary Mexican artists and writers, accompanied by brief biographical sketches.
"Survey of 75 living artists from the state of Tabasco, Mexico. Each artist has portrait, biographical information and a full page color reproduction of their work"--Provided by vendor.
Tijuana Dreaming is an unprecedented introduction to the arts, culture, politics, and economics of contemporary Tijuana, featuring selections by prominent scholars, journalists, bloggers, novelists, poets, curators, and photographers from Tijuana and greater Mexico.
Beginning with Number 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research underway in specialized areas.
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¿Qué es lo que une a los pintores de hace diez mil años con el joven que hoy ejecuta una obra pictórica radical en Baja California? Yo diría, siguiendo las ideas de John Berger, que “el deseo común de pintar para sentirse vivos”. ¿Sólo eso? Falta, desde luego, entender ese deseo como “un acto de fe que consiste en creer que lo visible contiene los más grandes secretos”. Sí, pero habría que añadir que estos pintores vivieron en una región del mundo donde la luz es tan poderosa, que verla de frente puede cegarnos para siempre. Por eso creo que la crónica de las artes plásticas en nuestra entidad es un relato de la luz inagotable que nos rodea y de las imágenes que nuest...
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A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean.