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Culture and Customs of Nicaragua

Author : Steven F. White
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313087393
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Culture and Customs of Nicaragua written by Steven F. White and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history Nicaragua has been plagued by corruption, social and racial inequality, civil unrest, and foreign interference. Yet despite being the second poorest nation in South America, Nicaragua maintains a rich and vibrant culture that reflects its strong Catholic devotion, diverse indigenous roots, and overwhelming zest for life. Culture and Customs of Nicaragua introduces students and general readers to Nicaragua's unique blend of religious and traditional holidays, so numerous that the country is said to be in a constant state of celebration; its growing film industry; its many styles of dance, the popular street theatre open to all bystanders; important contributions to Spanish literature, local cuisines, architecture, social norms, and more. Readers learn what it is like to live in one of Latin America's most disillusioned countries but also discover the passionate culture that defines and sustains the Nicaraguan people.

Celebrating Latino Folklore [3 volumes]

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

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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 Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture

Author : Frederick Luis Aldama
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351717200
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture written by Frederick Luis Aldama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex and Latin American Culture is the first comprehensive volume to explore the intersections between gender, sexuality, and the creation, consumption, and interpretation of popular culture in the Américas. The chapters seek to enrich our understanding of the role of pop culture in the everyday lives of its creators and consumers, primarily in the 20th and 21st centuries. They reveal how popular culture expresses the historical, social, cultural, and political commonalities that have shaped the lives of peoples that make up the Américas, and also highlight how pop culture can conform to and solidify existing social hierarchies, whilst on other occasions contest and resist the status quo. Front and center in this collection are issues of gender and sexuality, making visible the ways in which subjects who inhabit intersectional identities (sex, gender, race, class) are "othered", as well as demonstrating how these same subjects can, and do, use pop-cultural phenomena in self-affirmative and progressively transformative ways. Topics covered in this volume include TV, film, pop and performance art, hip-hop, dance, slam poetry, gender-fluid religious ritual, theater, stand-up comedy, graffiti, videogames, photography, graphic arts, sports spectacles, comic books, sci-fi and other genre novels, lotería card games, news, web, and digital media.

Theatres of Rebellion in Nicaragua

Author : Alberto Guevara
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527578801
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Theatres of Rebellion in Nicaragua written by Alberto Guevara and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the critical connection between revolts and revolutions to larger notions of social and cultural performances in Nicaraguan social, cultural and political life. To understand social relations in Nicaragua today, it is crucial to look at those highly theatricalized and rhetorical performances of power and resistance that have spanned specific national spaces for centuries. The book looks, therefore, at the history of Nicaragua from the colonial period to the Sandinista Revolution to frame contingent and temporal social and cultural processes that have become heightened and revealing of the social relations in revolution. The contemporary staging of the ancient El Gueguense play, for instance, illustrates a social space that reveals contemporary issues of oppression and power. Tapping into the spirit of self-consciousness, reflexivity, and narrational disruptions, the book uses the conventions of theatre such as audience and actor relations to make available to readers the theatrical intimacy of interlocutors and researcher.

Echoes of Revolution: Nicaragua

Author : Hector Garza
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365427005
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Echoes of Revolution: Nicaragua written by Hector Garza and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECHOES OF REVOLUTION: NICARAGUA by Maria-Tania Bandes-Becerra Weingarden with Translations by Hector Garza. This book is broken up into five primary sections corresponding to very specific political climates in Nicaragua: The Colonial Period, Yanqui Imperialism, Sandinista, Democracy, and a segment that focuses on more contemporary trends within the democratic political temperament. Each chapter has a portion that discusses some political underscores of said era, some discussion on the theatre that emerges of said political era, and the ones that contain a translated work include a brief introduction to the playwright and play chosen to exemplify the political era discussed. The three plays in this volume are LOOK INTO MY EYES by Luis Harold Agurto, PEASANTS by Pablo Antonio Cuadra, and DARK ROOT OF THE SCREAM by Alfredo Valessi. This book is part of the Dreaming the Americas Series from NoPassport Press.

LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua

Author : Karen Kampwirth
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816542791
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua written by Karen Kampwirth and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua provides the previously untold history of the LGBTQ community's emergence as political actors-from revolutionary guerillas to civil rights activists"--

The Americas [2 volumes]

Author : Kimberly J. Morse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1437 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Americas [2 volumes] written by Kimberly J. Morse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 1437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume encyclopedia profiles the contemporary culture and society of every country in the Americas, from Canada and the United States to the islands of the Caribbean and the many countries of Latin America. From delicacies to dances, this encyclopedia introduces readers to cultures and customs of all of the countries of the Americas, explaining what makes each country unique while also demonstrating what ties the cultures and peoples together. The Americas profiles the 40 nations and territories that make up North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, including British, U.S., Dutch, and French territories. Each country profile takes an in-depth look at such contemporary topics as religion, lifestyle and leisure, cuisine, gender roles, dress, festivals, music, visual arts, and architecture, among many others, while also providing contextual information on history, politics, and economics. Readers will be able to draw cross-cultural comparisons, such as between gender roles in Mexico and those in Brazil. Coverage on every country in the region provides readers with a useful compendium of cultural information, ideal for anyone interested in geography, social studies, global studies, and anthropology.

Views from Inside

Author : Joy Egbert
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641130210
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Views from Inside written by Joy Egbert and published by IAP. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this text is to help teachers in diverse classrooms understand the importance of students’ culture, languages, and schooling experiences to curriculum, assessment, and student achievement. Readers will learn about aspects of specific cultures and languages that are important to their understanding of their students, and they will discover that cultures that are often considered similar may not be so (and why they aren't). Finally, the text focuses on how teachers can integrate languages and cultures into classrooms and how to account for students' backgrounds and funds of knowledge when devising tasks. The text starts with an introduction to language and culture that presents a research?based explanation of why these concepts are important for teachers to understand (Chapter 1). Then, the middle 28 chapters each address one country/culture. Each chapter starts with a school scenario in the US. Part 2 of each chapter includes evidence?based demographic and background data on the country, including historical events that may have an impact on our students and their families. Part 3 includes a look at education, schooling, and culture, including famous people, contributions to the world, personal characteristics, important religious information, focal customs, and other aspects that are important to cultural insiders. Part 4 is about language and literacy traditions and how they relate to the culture, a number of words that teachers can learn (e.g., yes, no, thank you, please, hello), how the language is different from and similar to English, and what those differences and similarities might mean for English language learners from that culture. Part 5 comprises advice, resources, and ideas for teachers (for example, if it is an oral culture, the teacher might consider working with students on oral storytelling before transitioning to written stories, or incorporate both using technology). Each chapter also contains recommended readings and resources and short exercises that extend the chapter information. The final chapter presents parting notes for teachers and additional suggestions for addressing diversity.

Patria

Author : Sofía Lacayo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patria written by Sofía Lacayo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia

Author : Daniel Chavez
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 0826503675
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia written by Daniel Chavez and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of modern Nicaragua is populated with leaders promising a new and better day. Inevitably, as Nicaragua and the Politics of Utopia demonstrates, reality casts a shadow and the community must look to the next leader. As an impoverished state, second only to Haiti in the Americas, Nicaragua has been the scene of cyclical attempts and failures at modern development. Author Daniel Chavez investigates the cultural and ideological bases of what he identifies as the three decisive movements of social reinvention in Nicaragua: the regimes of the Somoza family of much of the early to mid-twentieth century; the governments of the Sandinista party; and the present-day struggle to adapt to the global market economy. For each era, Chavez reveals the ways Nicaraguan popular culture adapted and interpreted the new political order, shaping, critiquing, or amplifying the regime's message of stability and prosperity for the people. These tactics of interpretation, otherwise known as meaning-making, became all-important for the Nicaraguan people, as they opposed the autocracy of Somocismo, or complemented the Sandinistas, or struggled to find their place in the Neoliberal era. In every case, Chavez shows the reflective nature of cultural production and its pursuit of utopian idealism.

To Bury Our Fathers

Author : Sergio Ramírez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book To Bury Our Fathers written by Sergio Ramírez and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great panoramic novel by Cervantes Prize-winner Sergio Ramirez was the first Nicaraguan novel ever translated into English.

Night of the Jaguar

Author : Joe Gannon
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250048028
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Night of the Jaguar written by Joe Gannon and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Joe Gannon's debut novel, Night of the Jaguar, a former Sandinista guerrilla comandante turned cop investigates a series of murders that appear to be political executions. Sandinista Police Captain Ajax Montoya is six days sober and losing his mind. How else to explain his nights waking in bed, his hand wrapped around that bloody-minded stiletto from the old days, or the presence outside his window, a face with no eyes watching him? How far the heroic have fallen. Ajax was once the gallant comandante guerrillero. A hero of the Nicaraguan revolutionaries in their long uprising against the Ogre and his hated National Guard. Back then he'd been the guy who got the bloody missions -- as a lowly grunt with that blade, or the commander of an entire front. Back then he knew what was what and who to trust. But as the clarity of war gave way to the hazy reality of peace, Ajax fared less well. And after he took the fall for an assassination he had no part of, he tumbled into a bottle, and maybe out of his mind. Now he's a homicide investigator in Managua solving murders and sweating through the nightmares from his guerilla days. When he's called to investigate a robbery turned gruesome murder, Ajax recognizes the marks of a surprising enemy - the CIA mercenary army known as The Contra. This isn't just a random murder; this is an execution, a call to war. Or is it? And why does no one want to know but Ajax? As the bodies pile up and a red-headed gringa who should be his enemy enchants his thoughts, Ajax questions whether he can stay sober, sane, and alive long enough to figure it all out.

The Ladies of Managua

Author : Eleni N. Gage
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466863005
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Ladies of Managua written by Eleni N. Gage and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lushly evocative of Nicaragua, its tumultuous history, and vibrant present, Eleni N. Gage's The Ladies of Managua brings you into the lives of three strong and magnetic women, as they uncover the ramifications of the choices they made in their pasts and begin to understand the ways in which love can shape their futures. When Maria Vazquez returns to Nicaragua for her beloved grandfather's funeral, she brings with her a mysterious package from her grandmother's past—and a secret of her own. And she also carries the burden of her tense relationship with her mother Ninexin, once a storied revolutionary, now a tireless government employee. Between Maria and Ninexin lies a chasm created by the death of Maria's father, who was killed during the revolution when Maria was an infant, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother Isabela as Ninexin worked to build the new Nicaragua. As Ninexin tries to reach her daughter, and Maria wrestles with her expectations for her romance with an older man, Isabela, the mourning widow, is lost in memories of attending boarding school in 1950's New Orleans, where she loved and lost almost sixty years ago. When the three women come together to bid farewell to the man who anchored their family, they are forced to confront their complicated, passionate relationships with each other and with their country—and to reveal the secrets that each of them have worked to conceal.

The Future of Revolutions

Author : John Foran
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 9781842770337
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Revolutions written by John Foran and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th Century was pre-eminently an age of revolutions - in Russia, China, Cuba and elsewhere - that fundamentally transformed the nature of politics and social arrangements. As we enter a new century, has it got harder for revolutions to occur in the new unipolar, globalized world? Here, John Foran asks: is the era of revolution over?; if so, why?; and if not, what might the revolutions of the future?

Experiencing Latin American Music

Author : Carol A. Hess
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520961005
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Experiencing Latin American Music written by Carol A. Hess and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics—identity, the body, religion, and more—and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and cultural-historical contexts. With its brisk and engaging writing, this volume covers nearly fifty genres and provides both students and instructors with online access to audio tracks and listening guides. A detailed instructor’s packet contains sample quizzes, clicker questions, and creative, classroom-tested assignments designed to encourage critical thinking and spark the imagination. Remarkably flexible, this innovative textbook empowers students from a variety of disciplines to study a subject that is increasingly relevant in today’s diverse society. In addition to the instructor’s packet, online resources for students include: customized Spotify playlist online listening guides audio sound links to reinforce musical concepts stimulating activities for individual and group work

Evil Paradises

Author : Mike Davis
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595587780
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Evil Paradises written by Mike Davis and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011-07-16 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil Paradises, edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk, is a global guidebook to phantasmagoric but real places—alternate realities being constructed as “utopias” in a capitalist era unfettered by unions and state regulation. These developments—in cities, deserts, and in the middle of the sea—are worlds where consumption and inequality surpass our worst nightmares. Although they read like science fiction, the case studies are shockingly real. In Dubai, where child slavery existed until very recently, a gilded archipelago of private islands known as “The World” is literally being added to the ocean. In Medellín and Kabul, drug lords—in many ways textbook capitalists—are redefining conspicuous consumption in fortified palaces. In Hong Kong, Cairo, and even the Iranian desert, burgeoning communities of nouveaux riches have taken shelter in fantasy Californias, complete with Mickey Mouse statues, while their maids sleep in rooftop chicken coops. Meanwhile, Ted Turner rides herd over his bison in 2 million acres of private parkland. Davis and Monk have assembled an extraordinary group of urbanists, architects, historians, and visionary thinkers to reflect upon the trajectory of a civilization whose deepest ethos seems to be to consume all the resources of the earth within a single lifetime.

Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater

Author : Eladio Cortes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313017212
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater written by Eladio Cortes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-12-30 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin American culture has given birth to numerous dramatic works, though it has often been difficult to locate information about these plays and playwrights. This volume traces the history of Latin American theater, including the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States, and surveys its history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Sections cover individual Latin American countries. Each section features alphabetically arranged entries for playwrights, independent theaters, and cultural movements. The volume begins with an overview of the development of theater in Latin America. Each of the country sections begins with an introductory survey and concludes with copious bibliographical information. The entries for playwrights provide factual information about the dramatist's life and works and place the author within the larger context of international literature. Each entry closes with a list of works by and about the playwright. A selected, general bibliography appears at the end of the volume.