Author: Antonio Lastra Meliá Publisher: Universitat de València ISBN: 8437085594 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : es Pages : 149
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Inscrit en la tradició dels estudis americans, aquest llibre procura atendre la pluralitat de la civilització americana, des del moment de la fundació fins al món de l'art contemporani, amb la figura de Ralph Waldo Emerson com a eix central de l'argumentació.
Author: Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 8490220573 Category : Languages : en Pages : 566
Author: Todd Hartch Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190204575 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 251
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Catholic priest and radical social critic Ivan Illich is best known for books like Deschooling Society and Medical Nemesis that skewered the dominant institutions of the West in the 1970s. Although commissioned in 1961 by American bishops to run a missionary training center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Illich emerged as one of the major critics of the missionary movement. As he became a more controversial figure, his center evolved into CIDOC (Centro Intercultural de Documentación), an informal university that attracted a diverse group of intellectuals and seekers from around the world. They came to Illich's center to learn Spanish, to attend seminars, and to sit at the feet of Illich, whose relentless criticism of the Catholic Church and modern Western culture resonated with the revolutionary spirit of the times. His 1967 article, "The Seamy Side of Charity," a harsh attack on the American missionary effort in Latin America, and other criticisms of the Church led to a trial at the Vatican in 1968, after which he left the priesthood. Illich's writings struck at the foundations of western society, and envisioned utopian transformations in the realms of education, transportation, medicine, and economics. He was an inspiration to a generation of liberation theologians and other left-wing intellectuals. In The Prophet of Cuernavaca Todd Hartch traces the development of Illich's ideas from his work as a priest through his later secular period, offering one of the first book-length historical treatments of his thought in English.
Author: César Andrés Núñez Publisher: El Colegio de Mexico AC ISBN: 6074626006 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 474
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Las historias e invenciones de Félix Muriel, de Rafael Dieste, se publicaron en Buenos Aires en 1943 y, ya entonces, pudo causar cierta sorpresa el hecho de que su autor, exiliado republicano, no se refiriera en ellas a la reciente guerra de España ni a sus consecuencias. Sin embargo, de modo subrepticio, la política estructura el texto y contribuye a construir la problemática unidad del libro -un libro que muchos llamaron "obra maestra" y que José Ramón Marra-López ha situado "al margen de toda posible clasificación". No para clasificarlo, sino para entender esa "marginalidad" y los motivos de su encanto está escrito este estudio, el primero dedicado en extenso específicamente al volumen y el primero que contempla con detenimiento el manuscrito autógrafo.
Author: Gustavo C. Fares Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers ISBN: Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 162
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Los ensayos del presente volumen fueron escritos durante la última década y reflexionan acerca de una serie de temas que se encuentran presentes en la obra de Juan Rulfo. Estos temas pueden resumirse en cuatro conceptos: el espacio, la sociedad, la concepción de la realidad, y la marginalidad. Ellos exploran la concepción del espacio tal como aparece tratada en los trabajos literarios y visuales del escritor mexicano; la insersión del autor y de su obra en la circunstancia histórica de la sociedad mexicana de mediados de siglo, así como de los eventos que sus escritos reflejan; las maneras de pensar propias de las poblaciones indígenas y campesinas de América Latina, su concepción de la realidad y del universo, que generalmente se oponen a las maneras del pensar occidental; y la noción de marginalidad que permea la obra de Rulfo. Estos conceptos guían el estudio de la obra rulfiana, que aun hoy día genera lecturas ricas y novedosas.
Author: Paul Hansom Publisher: ISBN: Category : Critics Languages : en Pages : 492
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Presents biographies of the men and women who wrestled with the complex theoretical problems of twentieth-century culture. Many of the theorists treated in this volume are concerned with the effects of mass culture, technology, and consumerism.
Author: O. Ferrán Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137439718 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 618
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Presenting the first English-language collection of essays on Jorge Semprún, this volume explores the life and work of the Spanish Holocaust survivor, author, and political activist. Essays explore his cultural production in all its manifestations, including the role of testimony and fiction in representations of the Holocaust.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Latin America Languages : en Pages : 464
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Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies. Covers social sciences and the humanities in alternate years.
Author: Scott Eastman Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817318569 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 319
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The Rise of Constitutional Government in the Iberian Atlantic World is a collection of original essays that offer insights into how the Cádiz Constitution of 1812 shaped and influenced the political culture of Iberian America.
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