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One of the leading figures in Latin American folk music and art during her lifetime, Violeta Parra was a vital force in the artistic, musical, visual, cultural, and social cultural production of the……続きを見る

The essays in this collection reflect two of Martí’s key observations during his time in the United States: first, how did he, an exile living in New York, view and read his North American neighbors……続きを見る

Mexican Literature in Theory is the first book in any language to engage post-independence Mexican literature from the perspective of current debates in literary and cultural theory. It brings toget……続きを見る

In Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel, 'Jacob's Room,' the author explores themes of loss, memory, and the nature of reality through her innovative stream-of-consciousness narrative style. Set in……続きを見る

In 'Guirlanden um Die Urnen der Zukunft' präsentiert A. K. Ruh einen fesselnden Roman über die Zukunft der Menschheit und die Frage nach dem Sinn des Lebens. Mit einem poetischen Schreibstil und tie……続きを見る

The years 1909–1930, the eleven-year presidency of the businessman-turned-politician Augusto B. Leguía, mark a formative period of Peruvian modernity, witnessing the continuity of a process of recon……続きを見る

This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Braz……続きを見る

The Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén has traditionally been considered a poet of mestizaje, a term that, whilst denoting racial mixture, also refers to a homogenizing nationalist discourse that proclaim……続きを見る

Es difícil pensar la literatura brasileña contemporánea sin movilizar un conjunto de problemas relativos a las profundas asimetrías sociales del país, que pueden parecer apaciguados, pero que se rev……続きを見る

For many, the advent of globalization brought with it an end to the way that the world had been viewed previous to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the many endings the one that most concerns my b……続きを見る

Desde la década de los sesenta hasta el presente, varios estudios han analizado las formaciones discursivas que conforman la razón latinoamericana. Los ensayos del presente volumen se limitan al esp……続きを見る

This book demonstrates the epic genre’s enduring relevance to the Global South. It identifies a contemporary avatar of classical epic, the ‘postcolonial epic’, ushered in by Herman Melville’s Moby D……続きを見る

VINCY CARIBBEAN PROVERBS AND IDIOMS SERIES Uncovers amazing proverbs of Vincentian Caribbean culture, charged with wisdom, philosophy and laughter. This book, 401 Vincy Caribbean Proverbs, is as liv……続きを見る

The fugitive slave known as “Three-Fingered Jack” terrorized colonial Jamaica from 1780 until vanquished by Maroons, self-emancipated Afro-Jamaicans bound by treaty to police the island for runaways……続きを見る

This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, other manifestations of “Guantánamo,” and the contested place o……続きを見る

In this volume González explores how the effects of a traumatic colonial experience are (re)presented to Latin American children today, almost two centuries after the dismantling of colonialism prop……続きを見る

Este estudio es una aplicación de la teoría de la transculturación narrativa de Angel Rama a la obra literaria de Gabriel García Márquez. Desde una perspectiva etnohistórica y comparativista se demu……続きを見る

The 'Global South' has largely supplanted the 'Third World' in discussions of development studies, postcolonial studies, world literature and comparative literature respectively. The concept registe……続きを見る

Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Bob Marley, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo. En tan solo 50 minutos, usted podrá: • Comprender lo……続きを見る

Public reading programs are flourishing in many Latin American cities in the new millennium. They defy the conception of reading as solitary and private by literally taking literature to the streets……続きを見る

The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized in……続きを見る

Este libro ofrece un amplio y minucioso recorrido por las multifacéticas aproximaciones de José Carlos Mariátegui al arte y la literatura de las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Además de realizar una……続きを見る

La configuración de nuevas identidades en la frontera sur de California resulta un tema urgente y relevante a causa de los numerosos conflictos sociales que presupone. Estos conflictos se hallan exa……続きを見る

Pierre Bourdieu in Hispanic Literature and Culture is a collective reflection on the value of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s work for the study of Spanish and Latin American literature and cul……続きを見る

This collection of interviews demonstrates that U.S. Latinas/os of South American background have contributed pioneering work to U.S. Latina/o literature and culture in the twenty-first century. In ……続きを見る

En este libro se realiza un recorrido por la obra del nicaragüense Sergio Ramírez, desde sus textos de inicio, cuentos y ensayos, hasta sus obras publicadas en 2004. Se analiza en ellos su espesura ……続きを見る

Un convincente retrato biográfico de una de las figuras más fascinantes e influyentes en la historia de América Latina, Pablo Neruda. Pocos poetas han capturado la imaginación mundial como Pablo Ner……続きを見る

Ningún otro libro de don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora ha tenido la fortuna y repercusión que la relación conocida indebidamente como Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez. La amenidad de su lectura, los ind……続きを見る

Medardo Ángel Silva (Ecuador, 1898 - 1919) fue escritor, poeta, músico y compositor ecuatoriano, considerándose el mayor representante del modernismo en la poesía ecuatoriana, y perteneciente a la l……続きを見る

E' possibile narrare il contatto uomo-mondo? E' possibile raccontare la loro "carne" comune, l’elemento in cui avviene la percezione, secondo l'inedita nozione elaborata da Merleau-Ponty alla ricerc……続きを見る