Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Latin American
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Latin American Art
Author: Latin American Studies Newsletter
Author: Library of Congress Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of CongressNueve estampas de mujeres mexicanas
Author: Musmé Díaz de los Ramos MartínezPublisher:
ISBN: 9786077850045
Category : Autobiographies
Languages : es
Pages : 511
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Searching for Madre Matiana
Author: Edward Wright-RiosPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 082634660X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
In the mid-nineteenth century prophetic visions attributed to a woman named Madre Matiana roiled Mexican society. Pamphlets of the time proclaimed that decades earlier a humble laywoman foresaw the nation’s calamitous destiny—foreign invasion, widespread misery, and chronic civil strife. The revelations, however, pinpointed the cause of Mexico’s struggles: God was punishing the nation for embracing blasphemous secularism. Responses ranged from pious alarm to incredulous scorn. Although most likely a fiction cooked up amid the era’s culture wars, Madre Matiana’s persona nevertheless endured. In fact, her predictions remained influential well into the twentieth century as society debated the nature of popular culture, the crux of modern nationhood, and the role of women, especially religious women. Here Edward Wright-Rios examines this much-maligned—and sometimes celebrated—character and her position in the development of a nation.
The Rag Doll Plagues
Author: Alejandro MoralesPublisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611922561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A mysterious plague is decimating the population of colonial Mexico. One of His MajestyÍs highest physicians is dispatched from Spain to bring the latest advances in medical science to the backward peoples of the New World capital. Here begins the cyclical tale of man battling the unknown, of science confronting the eternally indifferent forces of nature. Morales takes us on a trip through ancient and future civilizations, through exotic but all-too-familiar cultures, to a final confrontation with our own ethics and world views. In later chapters, the colonial physician finds his successors as they once again engage in life or death struggles, attempting to balance their own hopes, desires and loves with the good society and the state. Book II of the novel takes place in modern-day southern California, and Book III in a futuristic technocratic confederation known as Lamex. In the tradition of Latin American born novelist, Alejandro Morales is one of the finest representatives of magic realism in the English language. In The Rag Doll Plagues, Morales creates a many layered fictional world, taking us on an entertaining and thought-provoking safari thorough lands, times, peoples and ideas never before encountered or presented in this manner. But ultimately, this valuable trip leads to a reacquaintance with our own society and its moral vision.
11 estampas de mujeres mexicanas
Author: María Guadalupe Barbosa CisnerosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : es
Pages : 532
Book Description
22 estampas de mujeres mexicanas: Este cuerpo mío (o la historia de un amor como no habrá otro igual)
Author: Mariel Alelhy Apodaca BarrerasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : es
Pages : 650
Book Description