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"Study of a wide range of erotic and sexual topics in Aztec and colonial Mexican society, although there is no direct connection between them. Uses literary texts and ethnographic and archival sources. Good coverage of basic themes explained in a pedagogical style. The bibliographical sources are limited to works in Spanish or translated into Spanish"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

"El Mundo Hispanohablante Contemporáneo : historia, política, sociedad y cultura is a comprehensive and innovative course for advanced students of Spanish. Offering a constructivist approach to the study of the contemporary civilizations, cultures and histories of the Spanish-speaking world, the course focuses on learning as an active process that enables learners to develop high-level critical thinking skills through the exposure, examination and discussion of a variety of authentic films, songs and literary texts. Divided into two parts: Part One covers Socio-Political Changes while Part Two looks at Globalization. High-interest topics covered include: politics, economic developments, behaviours, identity, immigration, attitudes, believes, and cultural products. Each chapter begins with an introduction to the general topic followed by various activities that lead students to critically analyse a range of authentic materials. Learners are able to practice higher level critical-thinking and linguistic skills through a wealth of exercises which culminate in a capstone section at the end of each chapter that guides students to a final production using the concepts learned and sources utilized throughout the lesson"--Provided by publisher

"This book shines light on Indigenous perspectives through a novel interpretation of the works of the two most important Amerindian intellectuals in the Andes, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca. Building on but also departing from the predominant scholarly position that views Indigenous-Spanish relations as the clash of two distinct cultures, Gonzalo Lamana argues that Guaman Poma and Garcilaso were the first Indigenous activist intellectuals and that they developed post-racial imaginaries four hundred years ago. Their texts not only highlighted Native peoples' achievements, denounced injustice, and demanded colonial reform, but they also exposed the emerging Spanish thinking and feeling on race that was at the core of colonial forms of discrimination. These authors aimed to alter the way colonial actors saw each other and, as a result, to change the world in which they lived+--

"When he was prime minister of the Spanish Republic, Manuel Azaña declared: "I am an intellectual, a liberal and a bourgeois." His courage in declaring himself an intellectual before his political adversaries, generally not very sensitive to the cultural fact, does not entail excessive merit, because he always distinguished himself publicly as a literary critic and writer. This fourth volume that closes the anthology of texts of Azaña, coordinated by Jose Esteban, investigates his literary and journalistic creations, essential to know and understand his political ideology, which was forged between books and intellectual debates that often to ok place on the Athenaeum of Madrid, an institution that he presided over and which he always felt very close to." --Translated from back cover

Dismantling powerful cultural stereotypes, this seminal feminist text reveals the powerful forces that influence women. The Jungian psychological perspective of this book, whose English publication has been referred to in mythological, psychological, literary, dramatic, and women's studies contexts, offers alternatives to the restrictive dichotomies of masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. Seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, are the basis of this discussion, from the autonomous Artemis and the cool Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite. Al ig

This book is a bilingual, interdisciplinary volume which proposes alternatives to the myth of human exceptionalism and suggests overcoming the so-called Anthropocene while imagining just futures. This collection of essays offers critical reflections in different areas: philosophy, politics, literary analysis, artistic practice, and pedagogy. It tackles issues such as the cultural consequences of climate change, posthumanism, eco-trauma and eco-speculation, (plastic) pollution, and the relevance of art education and radical hope, among other topics. Applying the prespective of the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin collection, this volume considers how these issues are addressed on both sides of the Atlantic. [Publisher's text]