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Book La Hija del Ganges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Asha Miró
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9788467201352
  • Pages : 117 pages

Download or read book La Hija del Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La hija del Ganges

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  • Author : Asha Miró
  • Publisher : Thorndike Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780786290031
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book La hija del Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Thorndike Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quiero unos padres" insistia Asha cuando solo tenia cinco anos en el orfanato de Bombay. En 1974, viajo a Barcelona, donde la esperaban sus padres adoptivos y una hermana india. Luego de este viaje, ella regreso a la India en el verano del 2003, con la intencion de filmar un documental e un rompecabezas intimo, hecho de caras nuevas y sentimientos hondos, de idiomas extranos y lagrimas de alegria, de manos que se unen en lazos de sangre.

Book Daughter of the Ganges

Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopted from India when she was six and raised in Spain, the author takes a heart-wrenching trip back to India as an adult to uncover her roots and discover a sister she never knew.

Book La hija del Ganges

Download or read book La hija del Ganges written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La Hija del Ganges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Asha Miró
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9788447333264
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book La Hija del Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Daughter of the Ganges

Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miró and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful memoir tracing a young woman's journey into her past is a deeply affecting story about love, fate and the true meaning of belonging. 'Your father and I wanted to have the children which nature could not give us, and you were clamouring for the parents you were denied. Now we have come to the end of that page. It is time to turn over and start a new one, as much for you as for us.' Adopted from an orphanage in India at age seven, the only real home Asha Miro knew was in the centre of cosmopolitan Barcelona. Twenty years later Asha returns to her birthplace, determined to recover the missing pieces of her early life. But nothing could prepare Asha for India's assault on her senses and buried memories - or the shock that she had apparently been abandoned by her parents. But her journey into the past eventually leads her to the truth and a turning point that makes it all worthwhile - finding a sister she never knew existed, also called Asha, the only surviving member of her family. The joyous reunion of the two sisters, whose destinies could not have been more different - the ultimate in the 'sliding doors' of fate - changes both their lives forever. Interspersed with fragments of a diary in which Asha's mother lovingly recorded her adopted daughter's gradual discovery of a strange new world, it is easy to see why Daughter of the Ganges became a No.1 bestseller in Asha's adopted country of Spain. Here, for the first time, this extraordinary story is told in English.

Book Daughter of the Ganges

Download or read book Daughter of the Ganges written by Asha Miro and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in an Indian orphanage, Asha Miró; dreamed that someday she would be adopted. At the age of six, her wish finally came true, but only at the misfortune of another. A Catalan family was in the process of adopting twins when one of the children suddenly fell ill and died -- a twist of fate that led the family to adopt Asha instead. Leaving a life of poverty behind, Asha was given a second chance. Twenty-one years later, Asha takes a heart-wrenching trip back to India to uncover her native roots. Full of unexpected encounters, this adventure informs and touches Asha beyond her expectations. She visits her old orphanage, speaks with her former caretakers, explores the land that she might not have ever left, and comes to form a more solid identity. Yet one trip is not enough. Eight years later she returns, this time visiting the small rural village where she was born. While uncovering the details behind her adoption, Asha discovers the only living member of her immediate Indian family: a sister she never knew she had.

Book La hija del Ganges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raluca Mirela Petrescu
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021
  • ISBN : 9788413869162
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book La hija del Ganges written by Raluca Mirela Petrescu and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seeing in Spanish

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  • Author : Ryan Prout
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2011-05-25
  • ISBN : 1443830399
  • Pages : 363 pages

Download or read book Seeing in Spanish written by Ryan Prout and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing in Spanish brings together 22 chapters which share a focus on aspects of visual cultures from the Spanish speaking world. Together these chapters address film, photography, cover art, body art, posters, television, architecture, ekphrasis, biography, murals, graffiti, and digital photo-montage. Between Don Quixote and Daddy Yankee, the essays move from the seventeenth century to the present and traverse Europe, the Americas, and cyberspace. The book is divided into five sections. The first of these, on Spain, includes chapters on the representation of women on LP covers in Spain in the 60s and 70s; portrayals in Spanish cinema of Saint Teresa; Luis Buñuel’s adaptation of Tristana; urban and rural space in recent Spanish documentary film; Catalan television; fine art in Don Quixote; and visions of adoption in three narratives by Spanish writers and filmmakers. The second section, on Mexico and Peru, includes chapters on the fragmentary body in images of Mexico; the art of Abraham Ángel; Jesús Ruiz Durand’s agrarian reform posters; Diego Rivera’s murals; and the role of artistic production in staging the 2006 Oaxaca conflict. The third section, on Cuba, looks at the portrayal of women and of children in recent cinema from the island. It also examines Nancy Morejón’s celebration of the life and art of exiled Cuban artist Ana Mendieta. Section four includes chapters on Chile and Argentina. It addresses street art and graffiti; new forms of publishing; Chilean cinema after Pinochet; and Violeta Parra’s appliqué and collage works. Section five embraces Colombia, Bolivia, and virtual spaces. The contributions to this last section of the book examine childhood in Colombian cinema; the online creativity of pro- and anti-fans of reggaeton; and the photographic diaries of T. Ifor Rees, the UK’s first ambassador to Bolivia. In addition to the geo-political structure which underpins the book’s five sections, the introduction suggests pathways through the contributions focussed on public art and graffiti, women, children, cyberspace and diplomacy, and reconstruction and disintegration. Seeing in Spanish includes 50 illustrations—stills from films, photographs, reproductions of paintings, and screen grabs from the internet—which complement the chapters’ analyses of aspects of Hispanic visual cultures. To aid accessibility, footnotes throughout the book provide English translations of all references from texts in other languages. Taken together, the book’s 22 chapters make a valuable contribution to the existing literature on figures like Don Quixote and Saint Teresa. They also break new ground in approaches to novel areas of scholarship such as sleeve design, artisanal book production, and digital image manipulation. The book will appeal to students and scholars of Spain and Latin America as well as to a general readership with an interest in the visual cultures of the Spanish speaking world.

Book World Literature in Spanish  3 volumes

Download or read book World Literature in Spanish 3 volumes written by Maureen Ihrie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 1509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing roughly 850 entries about Spanish-language literature throughout the world, this expansive work provides coverage of the varied countries, ethnicities, time periods, literary movements, and genres of these writings. Providing a thorough introduction to Spanish-language literature worldwide and across time is a tall order. However, World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia contains roughly 850 entries on both major and minor authors, themes, genres, and topics of Spanish literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, affording an amazingly comprehensive reference collection in a single work. This encyclopedia describes the growing diversity within national borders, the increasing interdependence among nations, and the myriad impacts of Spanish literature across the globe. All countries that produce literature in Spanish in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia are represented, covering both canonical authors and emerging contemporary writers and trends. Underrepresented writings—such as texts by women writers, queer and Afro-Hispanic texts, children's literature, and works on relevant but less studied topics such as sports and nationalism—also appear. While writings throughout the centuries are covered, those of the 20th and 21st centuries receive special consideration.

Book European Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology

Download or read book European Kinship in the Age of Biotechnology written by Jeanette Edwards and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the study of kinship, a key area of anthropological enquiry, has recently reemerged. Dubbed 'the new kinship', this interest was stimulated by the 'new genetics' and revived interest in kinship and family patterns. This volume investigates the impact of biotechnology on contemporary understandings of kinship, of family and 'belonging' in a variety of European settings and reveals similarities and differences in how kinship is conceived. What constitutes kinship for different publics? How significant are biogenetic links? What does family resemblance tell us? Why is genetically modified food an issue? Are 'genes' and 'blood' interchangeable? It has been argued that the recent prominence of genetic science and genetic technologies has resulted in a 'geneticization' of social life; the ethnographic examples presented here do show shifts occurring in notions of 'nature' and of what is 'natural'. But, they also illustrate the complexity of contemporary kinship thinking in Europe and the continued interconnectedness of biological and sociological understandings of relatedness and the relationship between nature and nurture.

Book Senior High Core Collection

Download or read book Senior High Core Collection written by Raymond W. Barber and published by H. W. Wilson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rulers  Townsmen and Bazaars

Download or read book Rulers Townsmen and Bazaars written by C. A. Bayly and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1988-05-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely acclaimed when it first appeared in hard covers, Dr Bayly's authoritative study traces the evolution of North Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of mature Victorian empire following the 'mutiny' of 1857. The first section of the book looks at the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the 'Time of Troubles' in the eighteenth century. The second section shows how the incoming British, were themselves constrained to build their new empire on this resilient network of towns, rural bazaars and merchant communities; and how in turn colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. The third section focuses on the social history of the towns under early colonial rule and includes an analysis of the culture and business methods of the Indian merchant family. It is based in part on the private records and histories of the business people themselves.

Book New Books on Women and Feminism

Download or read book New Books on Women and Feminism written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Engineering

    Book Details:
  • Author : Major A. M. Lang
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-07-22
  • ISBN : 3382814153
  • Pages : 498 pages

Download or read book Indian Engineering written by Major A. M. Lang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Book Hispanic Link Weekly Report

Download or read book Hispanic Link Weekly Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: