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Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487594542 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 197
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In the city of Natal in northeastern Brazil, several local women negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists, or gringos, in a situation often referred to as "sex tourism." These women have different experiences, but they share a similar desire to "escape" the social conditions of their lives in Brazil. Based on original ethnographic research and presented in graphic form, Gringo Love explores the hopes, dreams, and realities of these women against a backdrop of deep social inequality and increasing state surveillance leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. It touches on important contemporary issues, including sexual economics, transnational mobility, romantic imaginaries, gender representation, race and inequality, and visual methods. The graphic story is accompanied by analysis and contextual discussion, which encourage readers to engage with the narrative and expand their understanding of the broader social issues therein.
Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487594542 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 197
Book Description
In the city of Natal in northeastern Brazil, several local women negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists, or gringos, in a situation often referred to as "sex tourism." These women have different experiences, but they share a similar desire to "escape" the social conditions of their lives in Brazil. Based on original ethnographic research and presented in graphic form, Gringo Love explores the hopes, dreams, and realities of these women against a backdrop of deep social inequality and increasing state surveillance leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. It touches on important contemporary issues, including sexual economics, transnational mobility, romantic imaginaries, gender representation, race and inequality, and visual methods. The graphic story is accompanied by analysis and contextual discussion, which encourage readers to engage with the narrative and expand their understanding of the broader social issues therein.
Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487594526 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 197
Book Description
Based on original ethnographic research in Brazil, this rich graphic narrative follows several local women as they negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists and seek a different life for themselves.
Author: Carlos Fuentes Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1466840145 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 208
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In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction. One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.
Author: Chesa Boudin Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416559841 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 241
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"In Gringo, Chesa Boudin takes us on a delightfully engaging trip through Latin America, in an ingenious combination of memoir and commentary" (Howard Zinn). Gringo charts two journeys, both of which began a decade ago. The first is the sweeping transformation of Latin American politics that started with Hugo Chávez's inauguration as president of Venezuela in 1999. In that same year, an eighteen-year-old Chesa Boudin leaves his middle-class Chicago life -- which is punctuated by prison visits to his parents, who were incarcerated when he was fourteen months old for their role in a politically motivated bank truck robbery -- and arrives in Guatemala. He finds a world where disparities of wealth are even more pronounced and where social change is not confined to classroom or dinner-table conversations, but instead takes place in the streets. While a new generation of progress-ive Latin American leaders rises to power, Boudin crisscrosses twenty-seven countries throughout the Americas. He witnesses the economic crisis in Buenos Aires; works inside Chávez's Miraflores palace in Caracas; watches protestors battling police on September 11, 2001, in Santiago; descends into ancient silver mines in Potosí; and travels steerage on a riverboat along the length of the Amazon. He rarely takes a plane when a fifteen-hour bus ride in the company of unfettered chickens is available. Including incisive analysis, brilliant reportage, and deep humanity, Boudin's account of this historic period is revelatory. It weaves together the voices of Latin Americans, some rich, most poor, and the endeavors of a young traveler to understand the world around him while coming to terms with his own complicated past. The result is a marvelous mixture of coming-of-age memoir and travelogue.
Author: Aura Xilonen Publisher: Europa Editions UK ISBN: 1787700313 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Life of Oscar Wao Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach "the promised land." And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, a youth during which he has nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore, where of all places he begins to doubt the usefulness of words. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer. Liborio's story is constructed in a dazzling language that reflects the particular culture of border towns and expresses both resistance and fascination. This is a migrants' story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and, finally, love – a thoroughly contemporary take on the picaresque novel – told in sparkling, innovative prose.
Author: Mark Mann Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1783722061 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 284
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Mark Mann and his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny and shocking, The Gringo Trail is a darkly comic road-trip and a revealing journey through South America’s turbulent history.
Author: María Cristina Brusca Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers ISBN: 9780805038279 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 54
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"The book-with its mischievous hero, its attractive, open layout, & its brief stories-is accessible to young readers." -The Horn Book
Author: Peter Conti Publisher: Full Court Press ISBN: 9781938812842 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 324
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The vivid account of a charming rogue who evaded capture for thirteen years as an international fugitive from U.S. law enforcement after being set up by a childhood friend for a crime he didn't commit.
Author: Hamdy, Sherine Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487593473 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 305
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As Anna and Layla reckon with illness, risk, and loss in different ways, they learn the power of friendship and the importance of hope.
Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan
Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan
Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Author: Chesa Boudin
Author: Aura Xilonen
Author: Mark Mann
Author: William Watts Hart Davis
Author: María Cristina Brusca
Author: Peter Conti
Author: Hamdy, Sherine