A Belén 2021

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...

Mandalas, concentric designs that originated in ancient India, are growing ever more popular in therapy, meditation, and relaxation exercises. Coloring the mandalas in this book offers more than a mere artistic pastime--working with mandalas helps increase self-knowledge and interior peace.

Estamos inmersos en una revolución, similar a la que supuso la de Gutenberg en su momento, y es preciso reflexionar sobre la dimensión de los cambios que se están operando. Para ello se agrupan en este volumen las reflexiones de los mejores especialistas en cada uno de los campos abordados (el jurídico, el documental, el social y el cultural) no tanto para llegar a conclusiones definitivas como para ayudar a comprender qué está ocurriendo y cuáles pueden ser las líneas de futuro, tanto desde una perspectiva social como desde la profesional.

This sociophonetic study investigates the language of Andalusian politicians in the Spanish government between 1923 and 2011. Thanks to a quantitative analysis that reveals processes of convergence and divergence between Andalusian and central-peninsular Spanish throughout the century, it formulates unprecedented conclusions on the behavior of the Andalusian variety outside of its borders in educated speakers and formal communication contexts.