El Niño inocente de La Guardia

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Publisher : Tamesis
ISBN 13 : 9780729302159
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis El Niño inocente de La Guardia by : Lope de Vega

Download or read book El Niño inocente de La Guardia written by Lope de Vega and published by Tamesis. This book was released on 1985 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

El Niño Fidencio and the Fidencistas

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524612332
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Book Synopsis El Niño Fidencio and the Fidencistas by : Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D.

Download or read book El Niño Fidencio and the Fidencistas written by Antonio Noé Zavaleta Ph.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Nio Fidencio and the Fidencistas: Folk Religion on the U.S.-Mexican Borderland, is an biographical ethnography examining the life of Mexicos most famous folk healer as well as the folk religious healing cult that has followed him since his death in 1938. Dr. Zavaleta examines curanderismo, the transmigrational patterns of Mexicans in the United States as well as Latino/a social psychology and importance of folk beliefs and practices in their daily lives. In 2009, Zavaletas lifetime of research supporting Mexican nationals living abroad, Mexicanos en el Extranjero earned him the prestigious Ohtli, a Nahuatl(Aztec) word meaning pathfinder. The Ohtli is regarded as the highest community-minded awards which the Republic of Mexico bestows to non-Mexican citizens for their service to Mexico. In 2010, Zavaleta was appointed by President Obama to the Good Neighbor Environmental Commission of the EPA which reports directly to the President and dedicated to observing and analyzing ongoing events within the cross-border eco-systems of the United States-Mexico borderlands. Zavaleta studied anthropology at The University of Texas a Austin completing a doctoral degree in 1976. For the past 40 years he has been a faculty member and administrator at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Zavaleta retired in 2016 and lives in Brownsville, Texas.

El NiñO

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477155678
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Book Synopsis El NiñO by : Esmeralda Garcia Avila

Download or read book El NiñO written by Esmeralda Garcia Avila and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con lágrimas en mis ojitos y mi corazón apachurradito, leía y leía y en mi cabecita pensaba ¿Cuánto sabe la escritora? Pues realmente estas cosas nos suceden en la escuela; desafortunadamente a veces no se las platicamos a nuestros papas. Ojalá este libro lo lean todos!!!!!! Los niños y jóvenes estamos en peligro. Laura Monserrat Altamirano, 8 años de edad. El Niño me ayudo me ayudo a valorar los sacrificios que hace mi papá y mi mamá por ofrecernos un mejor futuro a mi y a mis hermanos. Susana Domínguez, estudiante de 11 años. Este libro me ayudo a confiar en mis padres, me asustaba la idea de contagiarme de una enfermedad sexual solo por vergüenza de platicar con mi padre. Daniel Luna, 11 años. Este libro me ayudo a prestar más atención en el comportamiento y acciones de mis hijos, de igual forma me ofreció la oportunidad de acercarme a ellos y al contrario de reprender su mal comportamiento me ayudo a entender y crear un lazo de amistad y confianza que antes no existía. Conocer cosas desconocidas que afectan y preocupan a nuestros hijos no tiene valor con el cual se pueda pagar. Gracias Esmeralda por tu gran corazón y dedicación hacia los demás. Javier Avila, padres soltero de dos adolescentes. Mientras leía el libro del Niño, me di cuenta que cuando se junta la imaginación y la sensibilidad aunada con la excelentísima calidad humana de la escritora; solo podría dar como resultado el éxito. Gracias por escribir para todos, felicidades por una edición más. Cesar Altamirano, enfermero y padre de dos adolescentes. El Niño me cambio la vida, gracias a el aprendí a vivir el hoy al máximo sin preocuparme demasiado por las cosas superficiales y a disfrutar mas a mi familia. Clemente Figueroa, 40 años de edad. El Niño, me ayudo a ver algunos de los errores que estaba cometiendo como madre y afectaban directamente la vida de mi único hijo, la historia fuerte y cruel en determinado momento me ayudo a identificar cosas que yo creí que eran causas de la edad. Llego este libro a mis manos en el momento prefecto, gracias Esmeralda por ayudarme a comprender las cosas que estaba haciendo mal. Alejandra Ríos, madre soltera de un niño de 10 años. Este libro llego a mis manos por manos de la misma autora, debo aceptar que en algún momento me sentí ofendida por lo que leía, pero al terminar de leer la historia comprendí lo que con palabras no quería ver. El niño me ayudo a evitar que se repitiera la misma historia de mi hijo mayor que esta preso de por vida en una cárcel del estado de Texas. Arcelia González madre soltera de 4 hijos. Quiero agradecerte que a través de libros como este, podamos comprender muchas cosas. Tal es mi caso. Desgraciadamente para mi, ya no esta el niño, el cual no comprendí. Ahora estas en el cielo. Ojalá todos los padres puedan leer esta obra, la cual es una realidad para muchas familias. Jeannette Ivette, madre de dos adolescentes.

Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 volumes]

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313343403
Total Pages : 1438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 volumes] by : Maria Herrera-Sobek

Download or read book Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 volumes] written by Maria Herrera-Sobek and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latino folklore comprises a kaleidoscope of cultural traditions. This compelling three-volume work showcases its richness, complexity, and beauty. Latino folklore is a fun and fascinating subject to many Americans, regardless of ethnicity. Interest in—and celebration of—Latin traditions such as Día de los Muertos in the United States is becoming more common outside of Latino populations. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions provides a broad and comprehensive collection of descriptive information regarding all the genres of Latino folklore in the United States, covering the traditions of Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, Spain, or Latin America. The encyclopedia surveys all manner of topics and subject matter related to Latino folklore, covering the oral traditions and cultural heritage of Latin Americans from riddles and dance to food and clothing. It covers the folklore of 21 Latin American countries as these traditions have been transmitted to the United States, documenting how cultures interweave to enrich each other and create a unique tapestry within the melting pot of the United States.

The War with Mexico

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Mexico in Verse

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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816531323
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Mexico in Verse by : Stephen Neufeld

Download or read book Mexico in Verse written by Stephen Neufeld and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Mexico is spoken in the voice of ordinary people. In rhymed verse and mariachi song, in letters of romance and whispered words in the cantina, the heart and soul of a nation is revealed in all its intimacy and authenticity. Mexico in Verse, edited by Stephen Neufeld and Michael Matthews, examines Mexican history through its poetry and music, the spoken and the written word. Focusing on modern Mexico, from 1840 to the 1980s, this volume examines the cultural venues in which people articulated their understanding of the social, political, and economic change they witnessed taking place during times of tremendous upheaval, such as the Mexican-American War, the Porfiriato, and the Mexican Revolution. The words of diverse peoples—people of the street, of the field, of the cantinas—reveal the development of the modern nation. Neufeld and Matthews have chosen sources so far unexplored by Mexicanist scholars in order to investigate the ways that individuals interpreted—whether resisting or reinforcing—official narratives about formative historical moments. The contributors offer new research that reveals how different social groups interpreted and understood the Mexican experience. The collected essays cover a wide range of topics: military life, railroad accidents, religious upheaval, children’s literature, alcohol consumption, and the 1985 earthquake. Each chapter provides a translated song or poem that encourages readers to participate in the interpretive practice of historical research and cultural scholarship. In this regard, Mexico in Verse serves both as a volume of collected essays and as a classroom-ready primary document reader.

Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443842826
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Book Synopsis Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan by : Elisa T. Di Biase

Download or read book Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan written by Elisa T. Di Biase and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Pan was born over a century ago. There is something doubly contradictory in this phrase that, although true, is also the reason why this book has been released. We are talking about the boy who will never grow up and the fact that he is celebrating his hundredth birthday should provoke some surprise. At the same time, he is such a powerful icon that it is also true that he seems to have been there, floating in our culture, reappearing in its images, since time immemorial – much farther back than the early twentieth century. This book shows that, although he considered dying to be an awfully big adventure, Peter Pan is, on his one hundredth birthday, more alive than ever. And our prediction is that he will accompany our culture as long as it survives. Like all great myths, Peter will continue bursting through the window of our texts, leading us to other worlds so that when we least expect it, we will hear his cry emanate from a dark ocean. This book, in a sincere tribute, intends to be both a compilation and a precedent – by inspiring a deeper look into its image, we hope to influence the life of this character so dear and yet so mysterious and seductive. Peter Pan ha cumplido un siglo de vida. Hay algo doblemente contradictorio en esta frase que, por lo demás, es cierta y es el motivo por el cual este libro ha visto la luz. Estamos hablando del niño que nunca crece y el hecho de que celebre su cumpleaños número cien puede provocarnos cierta extrañeza. Por otro lado, se trata de un icono tan poderoso que también es verdad que parece haber estado ahí, flotando en nuestra cultura, resurgiendo en sus imágenes, desde tiempos inmemoriales mucho más lejanos que los albores del siglo XX. Este libro muestra que, a pesar de que considere que morir podría resultar una aventura extraordinaria, Peter Pan está a sus cien años más vivo que nunca. Y el panorama pinta, en efecto, para una vida que acompañe a nuestra cultura mientras ésta sobreviva. Igual que sucede con todos los grandes mitos, Peter seguirá irrumpiendo a través de la ventana de nuestros textos, guiándonos a otros mundos de tal manera que, cuando menos lo esperemos, escucharemos su grito emanar de un océano oscuro. Este libro, en un sincero homenaje, pretende ser compilación y precedente y, mediante la provocación, mediante la motivación de la profundización en su figura, incidir en la trayectoria de la vida de este personaje tan entrañable y a la vez tan misterioso y seductor.

Gigantesco: Libro de Los Mejores Cuentos - Volume 1

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Publisher : Tacet Books
ISBN 13 : 8577776247
Total Pages : 3002 pages
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Download or read book Gigantesco: Libro de Los Mejores Cuentos - Volume 1 written by Abraham Valdelomar and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 3002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro contiene 350 cuentos de 50 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Elegida sabiamente por el crítico literario August Nemo para la serie de libros 7 Mejores Cuentos, esta antología contiene los cuentos de los siguientes escritores: - Abraham Valdelomar - Antón Chéjov - Antonio de Trueba - Arturo Reyes - Baldomero Lillo - César Vallejo - Charles Perrault - Edgar Allan Poe - Emilia Pardo Bazán - Fray Mocho - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - Horacio Quiroga - Joaquín Díaz Garcés - Joaquín Dicenta - José Martí - José Ortega Munilla - Juan Valera - Julia de Asensi - Leonid Andréiev - Leopoldo Alas - Leopoldo Lugones - Oscar Wilde - Ricardo Güiraldes - Roberto Arlt - Roberto Payró - Rubén Darío - Soledad Acosta de Samper - Teodoro Baró - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez - Washington Irving - Alfred de Musset - Marqués de Sade - Saki - Marcel Schwob - Iván Turguéniev - Julio Verne - Émile Zola - Villiers de L'Isle Adam - Mark Twain - León Tolstoi - Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Ambrose Bierce - Mijaíl Bulgákov - Lewis Carroll - Arthur Conan Doyle - James Joyce - Franz Kafka - H. P. Lovecraft - Machado de Assis - Guy de Maupassant

A Traves de La Ventana de Sus Ojos

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Publisher : Palibrio
ISBN 13 : 1463304323
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book A Traves de La Ventana de Sus Ojos written by Isabel Rosado Casta O. and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La prorrogación a la obediencia ha hecho que el mundo viva sumergido en una ola vertiginosa de engaños. Por desobediencia, sobre la tierra, se han levantado guerras, tumultos y destrucción; cuyo suelo grita de dolor y tiembla de espanto porque la vanidad la está destruyendo. Por consecuencia humana, la tierra está inficionada de maldad; el océano se ha salido de sus márgenes arropando la tierra, cuyas olas entran por toda la zona terrestre; pidiendo cuenta, la naturaleza azota la tierra con furor, extrayendo la profanación que está incrustada en su suelo. No obstante, desde el cielo, un ángel se encuentra observando a través de la ventana que da al mundo, la cual por impetuosidad, descorre la cortina del cielo, presenciando al mundo ahogarse en una ola de desastre; como acto de benevolencia, decide liberar a la humanidad del sufrimiento. Al recibir el ángel el permiso de descender a la tierra y cumplir su misión de amor, es preparada por Moisés (su guía y mentor), a través de sus enseñanzas, aprende como viven los terrestres, sus vicios, amores y secretos... y cuando baja arregla la vida de éstas personas, dejándoles, a su retorno al Cielo, el camino que necesitan seguir para encontrar la felicidad.

The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001

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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604304
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001 by : David E. Wilt

Download or read book The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001 written by David E. Wilt and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-17 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican cinema has largely been overlooked by international film scholars because of a lack of English-language information and the fact that Spanish-language information was difficult to find and often out of date. This comprehensive filmography helps fill the need. Arranged by year of release and then by title, the filmography contains entries that include basic information (film and translated title, production company, genre, director, cast), a plot summary, and additional information about the film. Inclusion criteria: a film must be a Mexican production or co-production, feature length (one hour or more, silent films excepted), fictional (documentaries and compilation films are not included unless the topic relates to Mexican cinema; some docudramas and films with recreated or staged scenes are included), and theatrically released or intended for theatrical release.

El Palacio

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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Book Synopsis El Palacio by : Bruce T. Ellis

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The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429516819
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Book Synopsis The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929 by : Stephan Fender

Download or read book The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929 written by Stephan Fender and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929 examines the global entanglement of the Mexican labor movement during the Mexican Revolution. It describes how global influences made their entry into labor culture through the cinema, the theater, and labor festivals as well as into the development of consumption patterns and advertisement. It further shows how the young labor movement constituted its discourse and invented its tradition at meetings and in the columns of newspapers. The local conditions constitute the framework for the examination of Mexican labor’s perspectives on and engagement with contemporary events of global significance. Thereby, this book demonstrates how workers turned to the global context in search of guidance and role models, embracing global developments and narratives. It also reveals the differentiations from this context in order to create a unique local identity. This approach allows new perspectives on the role of a neglected revolutionary actor and on the influence of global developments in a revolution that has been predominantly interpreted from a national point of view. It shows the way global ideas were brought to life in the framework of revolutionary Mexico City – providing new insights into the grand-narratives of Globalization and Revolution.

A Fighter from Way Back

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Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873387392
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Book Synopsis A Fighter from Way Back by : Daniel Harvey Hill

Download or read book A Fighter from Way Back written by Daniel Harvey Hill and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in July 1821, Daniel Harvey Hill grew up in genteel poverty on a large plantation in York District, South Carolina. He entered West Point and graduated in the middle of the renowned Class of 1842. Following garrison duty as a junior lieutenant with the First and Third Artilleries, Hill joined the Fourth Artillery at Fortress Monroe in January 1846. Six months later he was en route to Mexico. Published here for the first time, Hill's diary vividly recounts the Mexican War experiences of this proud young officer. He was observant and opinionated, recording details about soldiers, officers, logistics, units, the health of the army, and the progress of the campaign. Hill, who later took up the Confederate cause and earned the sobriquet Lee's Maverick General, emerged from the Mexican conflict an authentic hero, winning brevet promotions to captain and major for gallant conduct at Contreras (Padierna) and Chapultepec. Young lieutenant Hill came of age in Mexico, and there he encountered firsthand a different culture and witnessed in horror helpless civilians and their treasures washed away in the boiling stream of violence that was war. Hill's fascinating diary recounts these a

The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales

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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806152605
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales by : Maurice M. Dixon, Jr.

Download or read book The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales written by Maurice M. Dixon, Jr. and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higinio V. Gonzales (1842–1921) was more than a gifted metalworker. A man of varied talents whose poems and songs complement his work in punched tin, Gonzales transcends categorization. In The Artistic Odyssey of Higinio V. Gonzales, Maurice M. Dixon, Jr., who has spent more than thirty years studying New Mexico tinwork, describes the artist’s signature techniques. Featuring translations of Gonzales’s poetry, this book restores a long-forgotten New Mexican innovator to the prominence he deserves. Recounting the scholarly detective work that revealed the full scope of Gonzales’s art and career, Dixon tells the story of a craftsman who was also a poet. He begins with Gonzales’s first signed literary work, a handwritten birthday poem decorated with beautifully drawn flowers and birds, dated 1889, and then pieces together the artist’s life and career. Through meticulous research into manuscripts and the dates of tin cans that Gonzales repurposed into elegant, fanciful frames, niches, sconces, and religious decorations, Dixon identifies as Gonzales’s numerous pieces of poetry and tinwork once attributed to anonymous poets and artists. His most important discovery served as a Rosetta stone: an ink wash and watercolor drawing in an ornamental tin frame (housed at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos), whose documented provenance helped Dixon to identify Gonzales’s other artwork. More than 100 color photographs of Gonzales’s tinwork and more than a dozen translations of the artist’s poetic and musical works punctuate the narrative. Both a catalogue raisonné of a hitherto little-known artist and an anthology of his writings, this book reconstructs the creative life of a long-overlooked talent, one whose quest for beauty resulted in a prolific body of art and literature.

Curandero Conversations

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449000894
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Book Synopsis Curandero Conversations by : Antonio Zavaleta

Download or read book Curandero Conversations written by Antonio Zavaleta and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College"--T.p.

Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477301410
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Book Synopsis Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area by : Elaine K. Miller

Download or read book Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area written by Elaine K. Miller and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Los Angeles is the setting in which Elaine Miller has collected her narratives from Mexican-Americans. The Mexican folk tradition, varied and richly expressive of the inner life not only of a people but also of the individual as each lives it and personalizes it, is abundantly present in the United States. Since it is in the urban centers that most Mexican-Americans have lived, this collection represents an important contribution to the study of that tradition and to the study of the changes urban life effects on traditional folklore. The collection includes sixty-two legendary narratives and twenty traditional tales. The legendary narratives deal with the virgins and saints as well as with such familiar characters as the vanishing hitchhiker, the headless horseman, and the llorona. Familiar characters appear in the traditional tales—Juan del Oso, Blancaflor, Pedro de Ordimalas, and others. Elaine Miller concludes that the traditional tales are dying out in the city because tale telling itself is not suited to the fast pace of modern urban life, and the situations and characters in the tales are not perceived by the people to be meaningfully related to the everyday challenges and concerns of that life. The legendary tales survive longer in an urban setting because, although containing fantastic elements, they are related to the beliefs and hopes of the narrator—even in the city one may be led to buried treasure on some dark night by a mysterious woman. The penchant of the informants for the fantastic in many of their tales often reflects their hopes and fears, such as their dreams of suddenly acquiring wealth or their fears of being haunted by the dead. Miller closely observes the teller's relation to the stories—to the duendes, the ánimas, Death, God, the devil—and she notes the tension on the part of the informant in his relation to their religion. The material is documented according to several standard tale and motif indices and is placed within the context of the larger body of Hispanic folk tradition by the citation of parallel versions throughout the Hispanic world. The tales, transcribed from taped interviews, are presented in colloquial Spanish accompanied by summaries in English.

Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443838152
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel by : José Manuel Losada Goya

Download or read book Myth and Subversion in the Contemporary Novel written by José Manuel Losada Goya and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bilingual work identifies and explains the subversive rewriting of ancient, medieval and modern myths in contemporary novels. The book opens with two theoretical essays on the subject of subversive tendencies and myth reinvention in the contemporary novel. From there, it moves on to the analysis of essential texts. Firstly, classical myths in works by authors such as André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino or Christa Wolf (for instance, Theseus, Oedipus or Medea) are discussed. Then, myths of biblical origin – such as the Flood or the Golem – are revisited in the work of Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes and Cynthia Ozick. A further section is concerned with the place of modern myths (Faust, the ghost, Ophelia…) in the fiction of Günter Grass, Paul Auster, or Clara Janés. The contributors have also delved into the relationship between myth and art – especially in the discourse of contemporary advertising, painting and cinema – and myth’s intercultural dimensions: hybridity in the Latin American novels of Augusto Roa Bastos and Carlos Fuentes, and in the Hindu-themed novels of Bharati Mukherjee. This volume emerges from the careful selection of 37 essays out of over 200 which were put forward by outstanding scholars from 25 different countries for the Madrid International Conference on Myth and Subversion (March 2011). Este volumen bilingüe identifica y explica la práctica subversiva aplicada a los mitos antiguos, medievales y modernos en la novela contemporánea. Abren el libro dos estudios teóricos sobre la tendencia subversiva y la reinvención de mitos en la actualidad. Prosigue el análisis de diversos textos de primera importancia. En primer lugar se revisan los mitos clásicos en autores como André Gide, Thomas Pynchon, Julio Cortázar, Italo Calvino o Christa Wolf (p. ej., Teseo, Edipo, Medea). En segundo lugar, la reescritura de los mitos bíblicos según Giorgio Bassani, Julian Barnes o Cynthia Ozick (p. ej., el diluvio o el Golem). En tercer lugar, mitos modernos en la ficción de Günter Grass, Paul Auster o Clara Janés (p. ej., Fausto, el fantasma, Ofelia). El volumen presta igualmente atención a las relaciones entre mito y arte (su recurrencia en la publicidad, la pintura y el cine contemporáneos) y a la vertiente intercultural de los mitos: el mestizaje en la novela latinoamericana de Augusto Roa Bastos y Carlos Fuentes, o en la de temática hindú de Bharati Mukherjee. La compilación resulta de una exquisita selección de 37 textos entre los más de 200 propuestos para el Congreso Internacional Mito y Subversión (Madrid, marzo de 2011) por investigadores de prestigio procedentes de 25 países.