Index Guide to Latin American Journals
Author: Gayle Ann Williams
Publisher: Salalm Secretariat
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 384
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
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Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 808
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains 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.
The Penguin History Of Latin America
Author: Edwin Williamson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2003-07-31
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 0141937440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up to the present day, looking in detail at Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Cuba, and gives an overview of the cultural developments that have made Latin America a source of fascination for the world. 'A first-rate work of history ... His cool, scholarly gaze and synthesizing intelligence demystify a part of the world peculiarly prone to myth-making ... This book covers an enormous amount of ground, geographically and culturally' Tony Gould, Independent on Sunday
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900–2003
Author: Daniel Balderston
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 701
ISBN-13: 113439960X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. With more than 200 entries written by a team of international contributors, this Encyclopedia successfully covers the popular to the esoteric.The Encyclopedia is an invaluable reference resource for those studying Latin American and/or Caribbean literature as well.
Codex Espangliensis
Author: Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2000-06
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780872863675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInspired by the pre-Hispanic codices that escaped immolation during colonial invasions, this artists' book opens out in accordion folds expanding to a length of over 21 feet. Rice has created a series of beautiful and jarring montages in which the mixture of languages, slang, poetry, and prose of Gomez-Pena's performance texts are woven through and around Chagoya's collages filled with pre-Hispanic drawings, colonial-era representations of New World natives, and comic book superheroes. Irreverent to the last, Gomez-Pena and Chagoya employ iconic figures and persistent stereotypes to overturn the fantasies of nationalism, ethnocentrism, and historical amnesia that cloud international relations. Rice's masterful typographic compositions orchestrate the text's many voices and views, offering a history of the Americas which must be read forward and backward, in fragments and in recurring episodes - in short, as history itself tends to unfold. About the Authors Guillermo Gomez-Pena was born in Mexico City in 1955 and came to the U.S. in 1978. His work, which includes performance art, poetry, journalism, criticism, and cultural theory, explores cross-cultural issues and North/South relations. He is the recipient of an American Book Award for The New World Border (City Lights) and a MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, among many other honors. Enrique Chagoya is a Mexican-born painter and printmaker who has been living and working in the U.S. since 1977. The recipient of two NEA Fellowships, his most recent show of paintings was at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. He currently teaches at Stanford University. Felicia Rice is a book artist, typographer, printer, and publisher whose work has earned her many honors. She lectures and exhibits internationally, and her books are represented in the collections of various museums and libraries. She currently directs the graphic design and production program at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension.
The Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape
Author: Library of Congress. Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish Division
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 532
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEver since 1945, when Gabriela Mistral was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Hispanic Foundation in the Library of Congress had been looking forward to an opportunity to record her voice for posterity. She graciously accepted the invitation, despite her policy of not reading her poetry in public. The Library's recording of the Chilean poet is the only one extant. The materials accumulated since 1943 were acknowledged to be unique and of the highest quality. In 1958 the Library evolved a program for a well-integrated collection of noteworthy Hispanic literature--either verse or prose--on tape. With the aid of a generous grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, a pilot project was undertaken in the same year, September to December inclusive. The salient feature of the project was that the Library commissioned the curator of the Archive, Francisco Aguilera, to visit Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay and obtain recordings on magnetic tape expressly for the Library of Congress. During September and November 1960, Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico were visited, and in April-June 1961 collecting continued in Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Latin American Science Fiction Writers
Author: Darrell B. Lockhart
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-03-30
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0313061556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany readers are unaware of the vast universe of Latin American science fiction, which has its roots in the 18th century and has flourished to the present day. Because science fiction is part of Latin American popular culture, it reflects cultural and social concerns and comments on contemporary society. While there is a growing body of criticism on Latin American science fiction, most studies treat only a single author or work. This reference offers a broad overview of Latin American science fiction. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on 70 Latin American science fiction writers. While some of these are canonical figures, others have been largely neglected. Since much of science fiction has been written by women, many women writers are profiled. Each entry is prepared by an expert contributor and includes a short biography, a discussion of the writer's works, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume closes with a general bibliography of anthologies and criticism.
Introduction to Latin America
Author: Peadar Kirby
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2003-05-27
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780761973737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction to Latin America provides a completely new introduction to the political, social and economic forces shaping this essential region of undergraduate study today. It is the first textbook to place Latin America within a genuinely global context and introduce the debates and impact of globalization, neoliberalism, democratization, and the environment.
Index Guide to College Journals
Author: Suzanne Milton
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 680
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerceiving the need for paper index access to serials in the electronic age, two information specialists at Eastern Washington U. provide the journal name, its international standard serial number (ISSN), and indexes (print and electronic) that list subject access to a specific journal. They include some 16,000 titles from 48 indexes used to support undergraduate programs in small to medium-sized libraries, with the emphasis on English language journals and journals with English abstracts still published as of 1990. Appends broad subject categories represented in these indexes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Historical Dictionary of Chile
Author: Salvatore Bizzarro
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005-04-20
Total Pages: 1003
ISBN-13: 0810865424
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the radical changes that have occurred in recent years in every aspect of Chilean life. Features more than 3,000 dictionary entries covering history, politics, geography, economics, the environment, culture, and a myriad other topics that include writers, artists, playwrights, and important figures, many of which were not included in the previous edition. Also included are 24 photographs of the paintings of famous Latin American artists, and an exhaustive bibliography of more than 1,200 resources subdivided by topic and fully annotated.
