Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral
- 431 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The breadth and depth of Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral's poetry is passionately translated to English by Le Guin in this landmark bilingual edition.
Latin American and Latino Art and CultureSeries
This series delves into the rich and diverse world of art and culture from Latin America and Latino communities. It explores the interconnectedness of history, identity, and creative expression within this vibrant region. Readers can expect engaging studies that illuminate key artistic movements, cultural traditions, and social commentary. It serves as an essential resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of this influential domain.
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An authoritative, firsthand account of conceptualism in Latin American art of the 1960s and 1970s by an artist who was at the forefront of the movement.
Revolution on Paper
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
This is an authoritative, illustrated catalogue to accompany the first exhibition ever to be held in Europe on Mexican printmaking in the first half of the 20th century. The book also contains concise biographies of all the artists featured
Exploring the Classic Maya civilization, this groundbreaking work delves into how ancient Maya people perceived the body and its experiences. Three leading experts utilize extensive evidence from iconography, hieroglyphs, and archaeological discoveries to reveal a coherent understanding of the human body within their cultural context. The book offers insights into the emotional and intellectual frameworks of the Classic Maya, bridging the gap between their historical experiences and contemporary understanding.
The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Abridged
- 376 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, an indigenous Peruvian serving in the colonial Spanish government, wrote his First New Chronicle and Book of Good Government between the years 1600 and 1616. This translation captures the Biblical-to- legal flavours of Guaman Poma's manuscript.
Focusing on community organizing and activism, this book examines the potential of public schools to educate children in economically disadvantaged areas, specifically the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. It challenges the trend toward privatization and market-based reforms, showcasing how grassroots efforts have led to remarkable academic improvements. By highlighting successful local initiatives, the book advocates for strengthening public education as a viable solution for supporting poor and working-class communities.
History of the Incas
- 252 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Carnival and other Christian festivals
folk theology and folk performance
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that they also provide an indispensable vehicle for expressing hopes, fears, and desires that people can articulate in no other way. In this book, Max Harris explores and develops principles for understanding the folk theology underlying patronal saints' day festivals, feasts of Corpus Christi, and Carnivals through a series of vivid, first-hand accounts of these festivities throughout Spain and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad, Bolivia, and Belgium. Paying close attention to the signs encoded in folk performances, he finds in these festivals a folk theology of social justice that—however obscured by official rhetoric, by distracting theories of archaic origin, or by the performers' own need to mask their resistance to authority—is often in articulate and complex dialogue with the power structures that surround it. This discovery sheds important new light on the meanings of religious festivals celebrated from Belgium to Peru and on the sophisticated theatrical performances they embody.
