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Memories of Underdevelopment, set within the context of Latin America from the 1960s to the 1980s, explores how Latin American artists responded to the unraveling of the utopian promise of modernization. By the 1960s political oppression and brutal military dictatorships had disabused many of their political and artistic hopes. Artists sought out new ways to connect to the public, with conceptual and performance strategies emerging as productive alternatives to older styles, particularly geometric abstraction. This is the first significant survey of these crucial decades, bringing together the work of artists from throughout Latin America, including both artists that are well known in the US, such as Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Pape, as well as lesser-known names

Exhibition of the importance of art in distinct forms and as a creator of historical iconography. Emblematic iconography of Mexico from the Conquest to the present with special attention to Independence. The exhibitions on only serves to identify the various views of art in relation to the symbols of Mexican history, but gives reflection of the creation of the iconography of current history. The book is dedicated to the memory of Carlos Monsiváis (1938-2010)

"Perceptive study in women's history draws heavily from archival records to document women's place in general migration from Seville to the Americas from 1550-1650. Topics covered include marriage, family life, and religiosity. Also includes colorful illustrations from contemporary works of art"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

El poder es sinónimo de fuerza, de dominio, pero también de capacidad de persuasión, de habilidad para incluir sobre los individuos y los grupos, y su visibilidad mayor se dacomo poder político, es decir, como el ejercicio de funciones de mando y control dequienes ocupan cargos representativos en el gobierno de una nación. Pero, históricamente, frente o junto al poder, surge un contrapoder, que tiene comoobjetivo desarrollar alternativas al poder constituido, buscando un equilibrio, inclusocorregir o eliminar el uso y abuso del poder. Entre la Ilustración y el Romanticismo lasformas tradicionales de ejercicio del poder fueron cuestionadas y sufrieron unaimportante transformación, generada casi siempre desde el contrapoder. Al estudio – desde la perspectiva de la historia, la literatura, el pensamiento y el arte – delpoder y del contrapoder, así como a su visibilidad, simbolismo y representación, sededican los capítulos de este libro. [Texto de la editorial]