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Libro ilustrado que reúne más de 100 biografías de mujeres que marcaron la historia, de todas las épocas, desde la primera matemática del siglo V hasta la cantante Madonna. “Mujeres bacanas” nació como un blog donde cuatro amigas iban subiendo la biografía de una mujer emblemática al día. Hoy el mismo proyecto da forma a un libro ilustrado que compila la vida de 100 mujeres de todas las épocas e ideologías, de distintos orígenes raciales, de tendencias políticas disímiles y de las más amplias brechas económicas. Desde Violeta Parra rescatando puerta a puerta el folclor chileno hasta Juana de Arco siguiendo sus visiones para salvar a Francia. Todas tuvieron una misma pulsi...
La propuesta del libro Mujeres Bacanas de seleccionar y poner en valor a mujeres cuyos logros son visibles al interior de un mundo estructurado por el poder masculino, ya tuvo una primera versión acogida ampliamente en 2017, en los albores del denominado “Mayo feminista”. Esta iniciativa cobra ahora una nueva relevancia al precisar su recorrido de breves biografías femeninas al mundo latino, y poniendo en escena la existencia de un área cultural amplia en la cual muchas mujeres han salido del anonimato y se han desplazado desde la casa a la calle para insertarse en sitios predominantemente masculinos. Un abanico de profesiones y actividades liderado por mujeres en América Latina se d...
A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence is the first-ever multivolume treatment of the issues in legal philosophy and general jurisprudence, from both a theoretical and a historical perspective. The work is aimed at jurists as well as legal and practical philosophers. Edited by the renowned theorist Enrico Pattaro and his team, this book is a classical reference work that would be of great interest to legal and practical philosophers as well as to jurists and legal scholar at all levels. The work is divided in two parts. The theoretical part (published in 2005), consisting of five volumes, covers the main topics of the contemporary debate; the historical part, consisting of ...
Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia is an introductory text on the issues, polemics, and works that represent the complex processes of political, economic, and cultural modernization in the twentieth century. The number and types of projects varied greatly from country to country, but, as a whole, the region produced a significant body of architecture that has never before been presented in a single volume in any language. Modern Architecture in Latin America is the first comprehensive history of this important production. Designed as a survey and focused on key examples/paradigms arranged chronologically from 1903 to 2003, this volume covers a myriad of countri...
Eleventh in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 189 economies, Doing Business 2014 measures regulations affecting 11 areas of everyday business activity around the world.
A state-of-the-art reference on educational ethnography edited by leading journal editors This book brings an international group of writers together to offer an authoritative state-of-the-art review of, and critical reflection on, educational ethnography as it is being theorized and practiced today—from rural and remote settings to virtual and visual posts. It provides a definitive reference point and academic resource for those wishing to learn more about ethnographic research in education and the ways in which it might inform their research as well as their practice. Engaging in equal measure with the history of ethnography, its current state-of play as well as its prospects, The Wiley ...
Abortion and Democracy offers critical analyses of abortion politics in Latin America’s Southern Cone, with lessons and insights of wider significance. Drawing on the region’s recent history of military dictatorship and democratic transition, this edited volume explores how abortion rights demands fit with current democratic agendas. With a focus on Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, the book’s contributors delve into the complex reality of abortion through the examination of the discourses, strategies, successes, and challenges of abortion rights movements. Assembling a multiplicity of voices and experiences, the contributions illuminate key dimensions of abortion rights struggles: health...
Inner Speech is an increasingly relevant object of study in psychology research. In recent decades, interest in the study of inner language has even transcended the psychological sciences and has become an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study phenomenon. Philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, educators, and neuroscientists have joined efforts to learn more about this everyday experience inherent in human nature. Specifically, in psychology, the study of Inner Speech has been taken up by cognitive psychologists, cultural psychologists, developmental psychologists, clinical psychologists, and educational psychologists who have ventured into the study of this intimate experience...