Author: Ray Martín Abeyta Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 52
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Exploring the effects of cross-cultural contact in the Americas, Brooklyn-based artist (and native New Mexican) Abeyta creates masterful oil paintings in a Spanish Baroque style infused with contemporary subject matter. His paintings combine ancient and contemporary Latino subjects-Cuzco style Madonnas, lowriders, Mexican wrestlers, Spanish matadors, New Mexican traditions, and the encounter of Europeans and Mesoamericans.
Author: Zapatistas Publisher: Seven Stories Press ISBN: 9781583225486 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 68
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"Why is everyone so quiet? Is this the democracy you wanted?" So ask the Zapatistas, the group of indigenous Mexicans who, on January 1, 1994, mounted a rebellion against the implementation of NAFTA, political corruption, and the slow, unreported genocide of indigenous people worldwide. As the group expressed their demands and revealed their tactics, it quickly became obvious that they were less an armed guerilla force seeking to seize state power, and much more a social movement seeking to catalyze civil society's full democratic power. For this reason Mexican political analyst Gustava Esteva has called the Zapatista rebellion "the first revolution of the 21st century." He explains that whereas the revolutions of the 20th century were tests for state power, the Zapatista struggle was for greater local autonomy, economic justice, and political rights within the borders of their own communities. Zapatista Encuentro contains documents and communiqués from Subcomandante Marcos - the leader of the Zapatistas - from the 1996 Encounter for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism. This remarkable event brought together 5,000 activists from all over the world to discuss how globalization (neoliberalism) affects us politically, culturally, economically, and socially.
Author: Hugh Hazelton Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773560351 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 321
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A burgeoning new branch of Hispanic literature, Latino-Canadian writing is now becoming part of the Canadian and Quebec literary traditions. Latinocanadá, a critical anthology, examines the work of Hispanic writers who have settled in Canada over the past thirty years and includes newly translated selections of their work.
Author: Fiona Joy Mackintosh Publisher: Tamesis Books ISBN: 9781855660953 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 214
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In the final analysis, Ocampo's works achieve equilibrium between childhood and age, whereas Pizarnik's much-discussed poetic crisis of exile from language itself parallels her deep sense of anxiety at being exiled from the world of childhood."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Clara Mojica-Diaz Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317399307 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
El mundo hispanohablante contemporáneo: historia, política, sociedades y culturas is a comprehensive and innovative book for advanced students of Spanish. Offering a constructivist approach to the study of the civilizations, cultures and histories of the contemporary Spanish-speaking world, the book focuses on learning as an active process that enables learners to develop high-level critical thinking skills through the exposure, research, examination and discussion of a variety of authentic films, songs and literary texts. Divided into twelve chapters, each chapter begins with an introduction to the general topic followed by various activities that lead students to critically analyse a range of authentic materials. Learners are able to practice higher level critical-thinking and linguistic skills through a wealth of tasks and exercises which culminate in a capstone section that requires the application of the concepts learned and sources utilized throughout the lesson. El mundo hispanohablante contemporáneo: historia, política, sociedades y culturas offers great flexibility and adaptability to suit advanced courses in Hispanic culture and civilization. Each chapter is methodologically designed with a balanced mix of activities for individual and teamwork. Additional resources are available online for both instructors and students. These include an instructor’s guide with answer key, a grammar supplement and links to the authentic materials referenced within the book.
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