Download or read book Lourdes Portillo written by Rosa Linda Fregoso and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filmmaker Lourdes Portillo sees her mission as "channeling the hopes and dreams of a people." Clearly, political commitment has inspired her choice of subjects. With themes ranging from state repression to AIDS, Portillo's films include: Después del Terremoto, the Oscar-nominated Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead,The Devil Never Sleeps, and Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena. The first study of Portillo and her films, this collection is collaborative and multifaceted in approach, emphasizing aspects of authorial creativity, audience reception, and production processes typically hidden from view. Rosa Linda Fregoso, the volume editor, has organized the book into three parts: interviews (by Fregoso and Kathleen Newman and B. Ruby Rich); critical perspectives (essays by Fregoso, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Sylvie Thouard, Norma Iglesias, and Barbara McBane); and production materials (screenplays, script notes, storyboards, etc.). This innovative collection provides "inside" information on the challenges of making independent films. By describing the production constraints Portillo has surmounted, Fregoso deepens our appreciation of this gifted filmmaker's life, her struggles, and the evolution of her art.
Download or read book Spanish Idioms with Their English Equivalents Embracing Nearly Ten Thousand Phrases written by Sarah Cary Becker and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exorcising History written by Jean Graham-Jones and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Exorcising History, Jean Graham-Jones documents, contextualizes, and analyzes theater produced in Buenos Aires during Argentina's military dictatorship of 1976-83 and the nation's subsequent return to democracy. The plays discussed, while not necessarily constituting "political theater," are indeed political in that each is conditioned by sociopolitical structures present at the moment of creation. It is in this way that the plays lend themselves to Graham-Jones's examination of how personal and collective histories enter into theater production, in the creation of dramatic worlds that re-create and revise the "outside" world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Redirecting the Gaze written by Diana Maury Robin and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the work and aspirations of women filmmakers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, as well as in marginalized communities within the United States, with particular attention to issues of gender, race, nation, and aesthetics.
Download or read book The Street Wise Spanish Survival Guide written by Eleanor Hamer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you were dropped into the middle of Managua, Mexico City, or Miami, would you know how to speak not only the language, but also the lingo? In The Street-Wise Spanish Survival Guide, the reader who is already familiar with Spanish will discover the banter and metaphor (both polite and rude) that enrich the spoken language as it is really used, hints on avoiding embarrassing mistakes in grammar, and a list of dreaded false cognates. Full of advice on pronunciation and tips on customs and manners, and keyed with time-saving symbols, this is the best guide available to understanding and appreciating Spanish as it is spoken in Latin America and the United States.
Download or read book A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film written by Alexandra Juhasz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film presents a collection of original essays that explore major issues surrounding the state of current documentary films and their capacity to inspire and effect change. Presents a comprehensive collection of essays relating to all aspects of contemporary documentary films Includes nearly 30 original essays by top documentary film scholars and makers, with each thematic grouping of essays sub-edited by major figures in the field Explores a variety of themes central to contemporary documentary filmmakers and the study of documentary film – the planet, migration, work, sex, virus, religion, war, torture, and surveillance Considers a wide diversity of documentary films that fall outside typical canons, including international and avant-garde documentaries presented in a variety of media
Download or read book Idle Talk Deadly Talk written by Ana Rodríguez NavasX and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaucer called it "spiritual manslaughter"; Barthes and Benjamin deemed it dangerous linguistic nihilism. But gossip-long derided and dismissed by writers and intellectuals-is far from frivolous. In Idle Talk, Deadly Talk, Ana Rodríguez Navas reveals gossip to be an urgent, utilitarian, and deeply political practice-a means of staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles, that mark Caribbean politics and culture. From the calypso singer's superficially innocent rhymes to the vicious slanders published in Trujillo-era gossip columns, words have been weapons, elevating one person or group at the expense of another. Revising the overly gendered existing critical frame, Rodríguez Navas argues that gossip is a fundamentally adversarial practice. Just as whispers and hearsay corrosively define and surveil identities, they also empower writers to skirt sanitized, monolithic historical accounts by weaving alternative versions of their nations' histories from this self-governing discursive material. Reading recent fiction from the Hispanic, Anglophone, and Francophone Caribbean and their diasporas, alongside poetry, song lyrics, journalism, memoirs, and political essays, Idle Talk, Deadly Talk maps gossip's place in the Caribbean and reveals its rich possibilities as both literary theme and narrative device. As a means for mediating contested narratives, both public and private, gossip emerges as a vital resource for scholars and writers grappling with the region's troubled history.
Download or read book Chicana Feminisms written by Gabriela F. Arredondo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn anthology of original essays from Chicana feminists which explores the complexities of life experiences of the Chicanas, such as class, generation, sexual orientation, age, language use, etc./div
Download or read book Chilenismos a Dictionary and Phrasebook for Chilean Spanish Chilenismos English English Chilenismos written by Daniel Joelson and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yhe Spanish spoken in Chile is frequently indiscernible to gringos and native Spanish speakers alike. This dictionary and phrasebook collects over 1,500 of these terms and idioms, known as "Chilenismos," and expresses them in simple English.
Download or read book Diccionario De La Lengua Bisaya Hiligueina Y Haraya de la isla de Panay written by Alonso de Mentrida and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary written by Carol Styles Carvajal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searchable Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionaries, based on the Oxford Spanish dictionary. Databases contain 170,000 words and phrases and 240,000 translations.
Download or read book Venciendo El Miedo written by Coralia Roca and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-02 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aqui la historia real es el viaje inconcluso del Cristo de la Veracruz desde Espana hasta la costa sur de Cuba en el ano 1713, a bordo de un mercante espanol. Se quedo en Trinidad por voluntad propia, negandose a abandonar aquella tierra segun rezan la historia y la leyenda, alli permanecio y alli continua hasta el presente, venerado en la iglesia de la Santisima Trinidad por todo aquel que cree en El y en sus milagros. La parte imaginaria nos cuenta la historia de una joven nacida en las cumbres del Macizo de Garraf, en Cataluna, que huye de su misera existencia privada de afectos y, con ese fin, se embarca como polizon en el mismo barco encargado de trasladar el Cristo a su destino; ella se sobrepone a sus miedos, enfrenta el peligro segun se le presenta dia a dia, desembarca para quedarse en el mismo lugar que lo hace la imagen sagrada. Anos despues escribe sus memorias y deja el manuscrito aprisionado en las paredes de un palacete trinitario del Siglo XVIII donde vivio hasta su muerte.
Download or read book Streetwise Spanish Dictionary Thesaurus written by Mary McVey Gill and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2001-06-28 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a listing of five thousand idiomatic terms and slang expressions in Spanish, grouped alphabetically within more than 150 thematic categories; each with an English translation and example sentence.
Download or read book SACA written by Gonzalo de Pablo and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En principio la narrativa se produce con la sencillez del cotidiano vivir. Sin asperezas, lisa y llanamente, como el ro de mansas aguas que se preparan para cambiar el curso, convirtiendo el suave deslizar en violenta torrentera. Los pueblos de Espaa, desquiciados se lanzan y envuelven en una guerra fratricida, las ciudades, campos y aldeas se desbordan, la sangre salpica las familias sin distincin de bando o creencia. Como hongos brotan los CAMPOS DE CONCENTRACIN, LOS BATALLONES DE TRABAJO FORZADO, el peregrinar por las CRCELES de reclusos para finalmente, llegar al pi del PAREDN, calificado con la expresiva palabra ?SACA?. Este es el contenido de gran parte del libro que te dispones a leer. Es el relato verdico del protagonista principal de la obra, con el deseo, amigo lector, de que evites la repeticin del drama, que arras nuestra Patria.
Download or read book La Lupe Reina Pose Da written by Israel Matos and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lupe Victoria Yoli Raymond, popularmente conocida como La Lupe, o La Yiyiyi, lleno toda una época con su música, una mujer de un extraordinario valor, sin embargo, aun su recuerdo esta cubierto como con un velo, donde lo que nos llegan son historias, que muchas veces rayan en lo inverosímil o meras exageraciones. Pero la vida de Lupe fue así, siempre rodeada de hechos como salidos de la leyenda. Desde las polvorientas calles de San Pedrito, en el Oriente de Cuba, se trillo una carrera como interprete de música popular, hizo temblar la revolución de Fidel Castro, llego a los Estados Unidos, donde se situó en el trono incuestionable de La Reina de la Canción Latina. En esta obra, el autor desvela la vida de la artista como nunca nadie antes lo había hecho, con una narrativa dramática, emotiva, triste y perturbadora, llevando al lector a los mas oscuros rincones de la vida de la diva, así como también a los mas cándidos, leales, humanos y amorosos sentimientos de los que siempre fue dueña La Lupe. La Lupe, una Reina Poseída, revela la verdadera vida de Lupe Victoria Yoli Raymond, sin leyendas, sin tapujos. Conozca sus momentos de triunfos, así como los momentos amargos, de dolor miseria y abandono por los que tuvo que pasar esta extraordinaria mujer. Véalos pasar frente a sus ojos como una película, la cual nadie aun ha sido espectador.
Download or read book Latino Images in Film written by Charles Ramírez Berg and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bandido, the harlot, the male buffoon, the female clown, the Latin lover, and the dark lady—these have been the defining, and demeaning, images of Latinos in U.S. cinema for more than a century. In this book, Charles Ramírez Berg develops an innovative theory of stereotyping that accounts for the persistence of such images in U.S. popular culture. He also explores how Latino actors and filmmakers have actively subverted and resisted such stereotyping. In the first part of the book, Berg sets forth his theory of stereotyping, defines the classic stereotypes, and investigates how actors such as Raúl Julia, Rosie Pérez, José Ferrer, Lupe Vélez, and Gilbert Roland have subverted stereotypical roles. In the second part, he analyzes Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in three genres: social problem films, John Ford westerns, and science fiction films. In the concluding section, Berg looks at Latino self-representation and anti-stereotyping in Mexican American border documentaries and in the feature films of Robert Rodríguez. He also presents an exclusive interview in which Rodríguez talks about his entire career, from Bedhead to Spy Kids, and comments on the role of a Latino filmmaker in Hollywood and how he tries to subvert the system.
