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ROBERT STAM: Durham and London: Duke University Press,1997.
Tropical Multiculturalism es una obra monumental que analiza meticulosamente desarrollos en la representación cinematográfica de los afro-brasileños, desde los principios del cine mudo hasta el presente. Dos aspectos novedosos se dan cita en este libro de Stam, prolífico autor de estudios donde lo estrictamente cinematográfico está siempre ligado en un amplio sentido a lo cultural. Por un lado, el estudio está enfocado en uno de los grupos que componen la mitológica "democracia racial" brasileña, permanentemente relegado a un plano subalterno por la segregación sólo parcialmente confesada. Por otro lado, propone una metodología comparativa muy adecuada a las prácticas deconstruccionistas actuales, pero problemática en las implicaciones políticas del par elegido como objeto

A historical retrospective of the interrelationships of social & conceptual history is presented, particularly their basis in linguistic expressions, ie, speech & writing. Both histories presuppose a connection between synchronic events & diachronic structures. The example of marriage is detailed using two models, one oriented toward events, actions in speech, writing, & deed, & another toward diachronic presuppositions & long-term transformation. It is concluded that the two histories need & refer to one another without being able to coincide with each other; they have different rates of change, & are based in different repetitive structures, but both must be considered in any study of history. M. Malas

This book is written to satisfy the individual's desire for intellectual stimulation, to sow in the mind the seed of new ideas, and involve the reader in productive debates. It covers culture, history and the future, raising questions, presenting arguments and engaging the enquirer in reflection. It illustrates the relationship between past history and current social practices, proposing the concept of compartmentalization of behaviour, where history is understood to contribute to why there are so many displaced excesses amongst the English, alongside an ethos of moderation - why, in a country

ABSTRACT:This article examines the development of the Nottingham Arboretum (1852), the centrepiece of one of the most ambitious schemes of urban enclosure and improvement in mid-Victorian Britain. It contends that the provision for parks and green spaces in the town was inspired by local naturalists and sanitary reformers as well as cultural emulation and civic rivalry with other urban centres such as Derby and Manchester. Analysis of the design and management of the Arboretum and green spaces and local controversies about funding and access reveal major local disagreements concerning uses of such spaces reflecting continued divisions in Victorian urban society beneath the public rhetorical and celebratory façade.