Download or read book Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho written by Koichi Hagimoto and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, historical imaginings of Japan contributed to the Argentine vision of “transpacific modernity." Intellectuals such as Eduardo Wilde and Manuel Domecq García celebrated Japanese customs and traditions as important values that can be integrated into Argentine society. But a new generation of Nikkei or Japanese Argentines is rewriting this conventional narrative in the twenty-first century. Nikkei writers such as Maximiliano Matayoshi and Alejandra Kamiya are challenging the earlier, unapologetic view of Japan based on their own immigrant experiences. Compared to the experience of political persecution against Japanese immigrants in Brazil and Peru, the Japanese in Argentina generally lived under a more agreeable sociopolitical climate. In order to understand the "positive" perception of Japan in Argentine history and literature, Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho turns to the current debate on race in Argentina, particularly as it relates to the discourse of whiteness. One of the central arguments is that Argentina's century-old interest in Japan represents a disguised method of (re)claiming its white, Western identity. Through close readings of diverse genres (travel writing, essay, novel, short story, and film) Samurai in the Land of the Gaucho yields a multi-layered analysis in order to underline the role Japan has played in both defining and defying Argentine modernity from the twentieth century to the present.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Gabriel Garc a M rquez written by Gene H. Bell-Villada and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of Gabriel García Márquez's life, oeuvre, and legacy, the first such work since his death in 2014. It incorporates ongoing critical approaches such as feminism, ecocriticism, Marxism, and ethnic studies, while elucidating key aspects of his work, such as his Caribbean-Colombian background; his use of magical realism, myth, and folklore; and his left-wing political views. Thirty-two wide-ranging chapters coverthe bulk of the author's writings, giving special attention to the global influence of García Márquez.
Download or read book New World Orderings written by Lisa Rofel and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to New World Orderings demonstrate that China’s twenty-first-century rise occurs not only through economics and state politics but equally through the mutual entanglements of overlapping social, economic, and cultural worlds in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. They show how the Chinese state has sought to reconfigure the nation’s position in the world and the centrality of trade, labor, religion, migration, gender, race, and literature to this reconfiguration. Among other topics, the contributors examine China’s post-Bandung cultural diplomacy with African nations, how West African “pastor-entrepreneurs” in China interpreted and preached the prosperity doctrine, the diversity of Chinese-Argentine social relations in the soy supply chain, and the ties between China and India within the complex history of inter-Asian exchange and Chinese migration to Southeast Asia. By examining China’s long historical relationship with the Global South, this volume presents a non-state-centric history of China that foregrounds the importance of transnational communicative and imaginative worldmaking processes and interactions. Contributors. Andrea Bachner, Luciano Damián Bolinaga, Nellie Chu, Rachel Cypher, Mingwei Huang, T. Tu Huynh, Yu-lin Lee, Ng Kim Chew, Lisa Rofel, Carlos Rojas, Shuang Shen, Derek Sheridan, Nicolai Volland
Download or read book A Companion to Latin American Cinema written by Maria M. Delgado and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Latin American Cinema offers a wide-ranging collection of newly commissioned essays and interviews that explore the ways in which Latin American cinema has established itself on the international film scene in the twenty-first century. Features contributions from international critics, historians, and scholars, along with interviews with acclaimed Latin American film directors Includes essays on the Latin American film industry, as well as the interactions between TV and documentary production with feature film culture Covers several up-and-coming regions of film activity such as nations in Central America Offers novel insights into Latin American cinema based on new methodologies, such as the quantitative approach, and essays contributed by practitioners as well as theorists
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema written by Peter H. Rist and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema covers the long history of cinema in Portuguese-speaking Brazil and the nine Spanish-speaking countries. These films include Los tres berretines, Prisioneros de la tierra, La balandra Isabel llegó esta tarde, La hora de los hornos, El chacal de Nahueltoro, La teta asustada, Abrir puertas y ventanas, El secreto de sus ojos, and NO. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on directors, producers, performers, films, film studios and genres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the South American Cinema.
Download or read book Transnational Orientalisms in Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Cinema written by Michele C. Dávila Gonçalves and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades in Spain and Latin America, transnational voices, typically stereotyped, alienated or co-opted in the Western world, have been gaining increasing presence in cultural texts. The transnational representation of the “Oriental” subject, namely Arabs and Jews, Chinese and other ethnic groups that have migrated to Spain and Latin America either voluntarily or forcefully, is now being seen anew in both literature and cinema. This book explores Orientalism beyond literature, in which it has already garnered attention, to examine the new ways of seeing and interpreting both the Middle East and the East in contemporary films, in which many of the immigrants traditionally omitted from the dominant narratives are able to present the trauma, memories and violence of their exile and migration. As such, this volume explores the representation of those single and doubly marginalized groups in contemporary Spanish and Latin American cinema, analysing how films from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Argentina portray transnational subjects from a wide spectrum of the “Orient” world, including Maghrebs from North Africa, and Palestinian, Jewish, Chinese, and Korean peoples. Once vulnerable to the dominant culture of their adopted homes, facing ostracism and marginalisation, these groups are now entering into the popular imagination and revised history of their new countries. This volume explores the following questions as starting points for its analysis: Are these manifestations the new orientalist normative, or are there other characterizations? Are new cinematic scopes and understandings being created? The old stereotypical orientalist ways of seeing these vulnerable groups are beginning to change to a more authentic representation, although, in some cases, they may still reside in the subtext of films.
Download or read book La maldici n gitana written by Daniel Arce and published by Caligrama. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuatro almas, un único destino: imponer su ley en las calles. Un osado expresidiario, un ladrón de guante blanco, un «marquesito» de buena familia y un macarra de barrio bajo deciden unirse y formar una cooperativa. Juntos, regentarán un grupo de empresas con la intención de camuflar su verdadero negocio: la venta de drogas al por mayor. Con la ayuda de sus fieles capos, un contable, tres entrañables ancianas y un brujo, tratarán de abrirse paso hacia la cima del crimen organizado. El intrépido cuarteto tendrá que lidiar con las consecuencias de su propia ambición.
Download or read book Pop Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book introduces the most important trends, people, events, and products of popular culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent times, Latin American influences have permeated American culture through music, movies, television, and literature. This sweeping volume serves as a ready-reference guide to pop culture in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, focusing on Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Costa Rica, among other areas. The work encourages hands-on engagement with the popular culture in these places, making such suggestions as Brazilian films to rent or where to find Venezuelan music on the Internet. To start, the book covers various perspectives and issues of these regions, including the influence of the United States, how the idea of machismo reflects on the portrayal of women in these societies, and the representation of Latino-Caribo cultures in film and other mediums. Entries cover key trends, people, events, and products from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Each section gives detailed information and profound insights into some of the more academic—and often controversial—debates on the subject, while the inclusion of the Internet, social media, and video games make the book timely and relevant.
Download or read book Inflight Hacking written by Paul W. Provo and published by Letrame Grupo Editorial. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inglés Inflight Hacking is an epic novel about combatting new-age terrorism in an unsuspecting country in the South China Sea. The intelligent goal behind IS ́s plan to remotely hack an airliner,a Spice Air Boembrair 900 while in flight, causes the president of Taishan, Nyugen Gunshai, to enter into a state of white-knuckled fear and general dismay. The story is fantastically engaging, accentuated with Mossad and CIA ́s involvement and the airborne cockpit scenes battling a major storm over Typhoon Alley, creating a fantastically thrilling plot gauranteed to leave readers spell-bound and wanting more! Español Hackeo en Vuelo es una novela épica relatando el plan siniestro sin paralelo del Estado Islamico de secuestrar, por control remoto, un Boembrair 900 de la compañia Spice Air, en vuelo entre Taishan y Martinella. Las escenas desde la cabina de vuelo cruzando Typhoon Alley en turbulencia extrema pone los pelos de punta, mientras el presidente de Taishan, Nyugen Gunshai se encuentra extremadamente preocupado y decide reúne con urgencia a sus hombres de seguridad nacional para informarles sobre las advertencias de la CIA. Descripcion Inflight Hacking/ Hackeo en Vuelo, es un thriller aeronautico publicado en dos idiomas, Inglés y Castellano, concepto Flip-It, pensando en mis muchos lectores y amigos pilotos. Inflight Hacking/Hackeo Aereo is an aeronautical thriller published in two languages, English and Spanish, in a flip-it concept for the enjoyment of my readers and buddy pilots
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 POR QUE NOS VIGILAN LOS EXTRATERRESTRES written by Carlos Pineda and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La investigadora Aline Terassier es honrada con el Nobel en Medicina y Fisiologia, y designada por los ETs para que divulgue el 'Mensaje Extraterrestre' destinado a gobernantes de la Tierra y en especial a los miembros del G7. Los EE. UU pone en alerta a la NSA, la CSS y el DHS, sus principales agencias de defensa. El embajador de los extraterrestres Sr. ED Cahil y el Grupo del Coronel Liam McArthur hacen un examen, detallado y riguroso sobre varios temas que se han convertido en intriga universal. Analizan 'el diseno inteligente imperfecto de los humanos' y la controvertida Teoria de Darwin. Disertan sobre la 'nanotecnologia' que coadyuvara a la aplicacion de la materia a nivel de atomos creando maquinas capaces de introducirse en el organismo humano para detectar y arreglar desperfectos. Predicen que el futuro del combustible para naves interestelares seran los 'protones energeticos'. Concretan como identificar a los seres humanos 'hibridos' o 'seres especiales' compuestos de ADN ET Y TERRICOLA y a su vez encontrar a los extraterrestres que conviven entre nosotros. Preven la modificacion en especial las neuronas del cerebro humano manipulando el ADN para cambiar la consciencia del ser humano, y para que el pensamiento pueda transmitirse mentalmente entre los humanos y los seres de otras galaxias. Pronostican el cambio del genotipo de los nuevos humanos que se pareceran mas a los 'Grises' que nos vigilan y visitan. Los nuevos humanos seran 'seres especiales' con poderes nunca conocidos y los sorprendentes 'Cyborgs' compuestos de materia organica y dispositivos ciberneticos. Viajan a la base alienigena en Fobos (Marte) para recibir mas conocimientos y preparar la visita ET a la Tierra. Abriran la mentalidad humana para iniciar un 'nuevo orden mundial'.
Download or read book Contemporary Argentine Women Filmmakers written by Mirna Vohnsen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume offers a wide-ranging picture of Argentine women filmmakers’ contribution to the film industry from the 1980s to the present by bringing together the work of highly acclaimed and emerging directors. Through thirteen critical essays by leading scholars in the field of Argentine cinema, the book acknowledges that contemporary women filmmakers have transformed the cinema of Argentina by questioning, challenging and debunking hegemonic patriarchal systems of representation. With a focus on women’s voices and experiences, the contributions redress both the under-representation of women and girls onscreen and the perpetuation of stereotypes, while exploring the innovative aesthetics used by these filmmakers.
Download or read book A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish written by John B. Butt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish is a comprehensive, cohesive and clear guide to the forms and structures of Spanish as it is written and spoken today in Spain and Latin-America. It includes clear descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of Spanish, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples of contemporary Spanish, both Peninsular and Latin-American, formal and informal. Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition is even more relevant to students and teachers of Spanish. The sixth edition includes: • new chapters, providing more detail and examples of key areas of Spanish grammar; • an increased number of Mexican examples to reflect the growing interest in this country’s variety of Spanish; • new information for readers studying Spanish and French together; • a glossary of grammatical terms including English translations of Spanish terms. The combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage is invaluable for learners at level B2–C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate High–Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.
Download or read book Rethinking Race in Modern Argentina written by Paulina Alberto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconsiders the relationship between race and nation in Argentina during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and places Argentina firmly in dialog with the literature on race and nation in Latin America, from where it has long been excluded or marginalized for being a white, European exception in a mixed-race region. The contributors, based both in North America and Argentina, hail from the fields of history, anthropology, and literary and cultural studies. Their essays collectively destabilize widespread certainties about Argentina, showing that whiteness in that country has more in common with practices and ideologies of Mestizaje and 'racial democracy' elsewhere in the region than has typically been acknowledged. The essays also situate Argentina within the well-established literature on race, nation, and whiteness in world regions beyond Latin America (particularly, other European 'settler societies'). The collection thus contributes to rethinking race for other global contexts as well.
Download or read book Las Charlas Del Abuelo written by Juan José Guerrero Roiz De La Parra and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con Las charlas del abuelo, se ha dado forma a un conjunto de narraciones realizadas con la finalidad de mostrar a padres y educadores una manera de familiarizar al niño con la Historia de la Salvación, de manera que él también se vaya sintiendo incluido en ella. Se ha procurado emplear un lenguaje sencillo, pensando en que convenía que el texto pudiera ser asequible para cualquier chico, a partir de los doce años. El conocimiento de estas "Charlas" puede resultar útil a quienes se vean sorprendidos en cualquier momento ante las complicadas preguntas, sobre cuestiones sexuales o temas relacionados con la fe, con que los pequeños suelen abordar a las personas de quienes dependen. Pensando en todo esto, se han tratado todos los asuntos con fidelidad al aspecto científico de las cuestiones que así lo han requerido, sin dejar de lado la ampliación de la visión que sobre cada tema proporciona la fe, dejando bien sentada la complementariedad de ambos conocimientos. Estos relatos se han confeccionado pensando en la posible aplicación que de ellos pueda hacerse, dirigida, preferentemente, al segmento de niños comprendido entre los que comienzan su preparación para la Primera Comunión y los que acaban de realizar el sacramento de la confirmación. Esos años son verdaderamente cruciales para la asimilación de la fe a la que tienen derecho y que, por lo tanto, les debe ser transmitida. Sin pretender sustituir la labor de padres y educadores, esta obra intenta ser una ayuda eficaz y amena para la coronación de tan loable fin.
Download or read book Central American Migrations in the Twenty First Century written by Mauricio Espinoza and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century is an interdisciplinary approach to human mobility in Central America and beyond"--
