Actas del IX Congreso de Hispanistas de Ucrania, Ostrog, 21 y 22 de septiembre de 2018

Considerado como uno de los grandes intelectuales que mueven África, Felwine Sarr revela a través de su ensayo Afrotopía un nuevo proyecto para el continente. Según Sarr, África no tiene que alcanzar a nadie, no tiene que imitar a nadie. Necesita lograr su descolonización a través de un encuentro fecundo consigo misma. Debe abstenerse de ese infantilismo con el que las naciones se miden para ver quién ha acumulado más riquezas, aparatos tecnológicos, sensaciones fuertes, sin plantearse que esta irresponsable carrera pone en peligro las condiciones sociales y naturales de la vida...

De la mano de dos expertos, Javier Sierra y Jesús Callejo, nos adentramos en la España más misteriosa, desconocida, inquietante y asombrosa. Desde objetos voladores no identifi cados a apariciones misteriosas, pasando por reliquias o santuarios de origen desconocido, los autores recogen las historias que viven en la memoria colectiva de este país.

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...