Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America
Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America

Author: Emilie L. Bergmann

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0520065530

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“This collection, because of its exceptional theoretical coherence and sophistication, is qualitatively superior to the most frequently consulted anthologies on Latin American women’s history and literature . . . [and] represents a new, more theoretically rigorous stage in the feminist debate on Latin American women.”—Elizabeth Garrels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature

Author: Verity Smith

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1997-03-26

Total Pages: 962

ISBN-13: 9780203304365

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A comprehensive, encyclopedic guide to the authors, works, and topics crucial to the literature of Central and South America and the Caribbean, the Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature includes over 400 entries written by experts in the field of Latin American studies. Most entries are of 1500 words but the encyclopedia also includes survey articles of up to 10,000 words on the literature of individual countries, of the colonial period, and of ethnic minorities, including the Hispanic communities in the United States. Besides presenting and illuminating the traditional canon, the encyclopedia also stresses the contribution made by women authors and by contemporary writers. Outstanding Reference Source Outstanding Reference Book

A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire
A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire

Author: Stela M. Brandão

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0253221382

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A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources. Singers and teachers may use descriptive annotations (language, poet) or pedagogical annotations (range, tessitura) to determine which pieces are appropriate for their voices or programming needs, or those of their students. The guide will be a valuable resource for vocalists and researchers, however familiar they may be with this glorious repertoire.

Print Culture and Peripheries in Early Modern Europe
Print Culture and Peripheries in Early Modern Europe

Author: Benito Rial Costas

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-11-09

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9004235752

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Despite the fact that, if only by number, small and peripheral cities played an important role in fifteenth and sixteenth-century European print culture, book history has mainly been dominated by monographs on individual big book centres. Through a number of specific case studies, which deploy a variety of methods and a wide range of sources, this volume seeks to enhance our understanding of printing and the book trade in small and peripheral European cities in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and to emphasize the necessity of new research for the study of print culture in such cities.

The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel
The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel

Author: Simon Collier

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 1986-12-15

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0822976420

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In the first biography in English of the great Argentinian tango singer Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Collier traces his rise from very modest beginnings to become the first genuine "superstar" of twentieth-century Latin America. In his late teens, Gardel won local fame in the barrios of Buenos Aires singing in cafes and political clubs. By the 1920s, after he switched to tango singing, the songs he wrote and sang enjoyed instant popularity and have become classics of the genre. He began making movies in the 1930s, quickly establishing himself as the most popular star of the Spanish-language cinema, and at the time of his death Paramount was planning to launch his Hollywood career.Collier's biography focuses on Gardel's artistic career and achievements but also sets his life story within the context of the tango tradition, of early twentieth-century Argentina, and of the history of popular entertainment.

On the Elements
On the Elements

Author: Marius

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1976-01-01

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780520028562

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

The Fortunes of the Courtier
The Fortunes of the Courtier

Author: Peter Burke

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-29

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0745665845

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This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.