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An ominous transitive verb entered the language in 1970s South America: to "disappear" someone. Some of these artists had family disappeared; others resisted or were forced into exile. Their work fights amnesia, serving as a stay against further atrocities.

¿Por qué me tocó ser hijastro de Ramón? Se pregunta Kenny Dashwood Tercero , un joven México-estadounidense que está cursando preparatoria y sobrevive a la crueldad de su padrastro y a los embates de los amores tiernos y profundos, mientras se cuestiona sobre la razón de su existencia. A sus 17 años, Kenny, quien tiene un hermano trabajando en la NASA, no logra entender el engranaje de la vida, pero con la ayuda de los grandes filósofos, más la realidad de habitar una ciudad que se ha convertido en una de las más peligrosas del mundo, obtendrá sorpresivas respuestas. Confundido...

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it explains from scratch the fundamentals of phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) and describes in detail the phonetic and phonological characteristics of Spanish as it is spoken in both Spain and Latin America. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, acoustics, stress, syllables, intonation, and aspects of variation within Spanish. Clear comparisons are made between the sounds of Spanish and those of English, and students ...

Pedro Almodovar has been called 'the Spanish Andy Warhol' for his influence on Spanish popular culture. Almodovar comes from an austere background in rural Spain. It was the 1950s, the age of the Cold War, of mambo, of Balenciaga, of the Korean War, of the Hungarian Revolution, of the death of Stalin. But none of these events had any effect on his village. 'I felt like an astronaut at the court of King Arthur.' In response, Almodovar proceeded to carve for himself a unique niche in contemporary cinema with films bursting with vibrant energy and vivid, primary colours - each frame saturated...