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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Texas at Austin During the Administration of William P. Glade, Jr., 1971-1986
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : es
Pages : 1020
Book Description
Recent Books in Mexico
Author: Twentieth Century Population Thinking
Author: The Population Knowledge NetworkPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317479629
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This reader on the history of demography and historical perspectives on "population" in the twentieth century features a unique collection of primary sources from around the globe, written by scholars, politicians, journalists, and activists. Many of the sources are available in English for the first time. Background information is provided on each source. Together, the sources mirror the circumstances under which scientific knowledge about "population" was produced, how demography evolved as a discipline, and how demographic developments were interpreted and discussed in different political and cultural settings. Readers thereby gain insight into the historical precedents on debates on race, migration, reproduction, natural resources, development and urbanization, the role of statistics in the making of the nation state, and family structures and gender roles, among others. The reader is designed for undergraduate and graduate students as well as scholars in the fields of demography and population studies as well as to anyone interested in the history of science and knowledge.
Fixing Men
Author: Matthew C. GutmannPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520941233
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but in Fixing Men, Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough study by a preeminent anthropologist of men and masculinities reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control, how they cope with the plague of AIDS, and the contradictory healing techniques biomedical and indigenous medical practitioners employ for infertility, impotence, and infidelity. Gutmann talks with men during and after their vasectomies and discovers why some opt for sterilization while so many others feel "planned out of family planning."
Letters to a Young Novelist
Author: Mario Vargas LlosaPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429921927
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Nobel Prize–winning author’s classic on the craft of novel writing “distills [the great works] brilliantly, revealing an architecture to their greatness” (The Washington Post Book World). In Letters to a Young Novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories and novels of writers from around the globe—including Borges, Bierce, Céline, Cortázar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet and others—he lays bare the inner workings of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those with a stake in the world of letters.
Fragments of a Golden Age
Author: Gilbert M. JosephPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822327189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
DIVThe first cultural history of post-1940s Mexico to relate issues of representation and meaning to questions of power; it includes essays on popular music, unions, TV, tourism, cinema, wrestling, and illustrated magazines./div
Democracy Within Reason
Author: Miguel Angel CentenoPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271045825
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa
Author: Sara Castro-KlarénPublisher: Understanding Modern European
ISBN: 9780872498488
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
'This book provides an intelligent & perceptive reading of Vargas Llosa's narratives; it will become a standard reference for understanding the Peruvian writer's works. . . '--Choice.
Sabers and Utopias
Author: Mario Vargas LlosaPublisher:
ISBN: 0374253730
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A landmark collection of essays on the Nobel laureate’s conception of Latin America, past, present, and future Throughout his career, the Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa has grappled with the concept of Latin America on a global stage. Examining liberal claims and searching for cohesion, he continuously weighs the reality of the continent against the image it projects, and considers the political dangers and possibilities that face this diverse set of countries. Now this illuminating and versatile collection assembles these never-before-translated criticisms and meditations. Reflecting the intellectual development of the writer himself, these essays distill the great events of Latin America’s recent history, analyze political groups like FARC and Sendero Luminoso, and evaluate the legacies of infamous leaders such as Papa Doc Duvalier and Fidel Castro. Arranged by theme, they trace Vargas Llosa’s unwavering demand for freedom, his embrace of and disenchantment with revolutions, and his critique of nationalism, populism, indigenism, and corruption. From the discovery of liberal ideas to a defense of democracy, buoyed by a passionate invocation of Latin American literature and art, Sabers and Utopias is a monumental collection from one of our most important writers. Uncompromising and adamantly optimistic, these social and political essays are a paean to thoughtful engagement and a brave indictment of the discrimination and fear that can divide a society.