El colonialismo interno en la narrativa chicana

Richly informed by contemporary sociological theory, Manuel de Jesus Hernandez El colonialismo interno en la narrativa chicana distinguishes between the assimilationist and the internal colonialism models of Mexican American society and culture. The author applies the internal colonialism model for the first time to the representation of Chicanos found in their narrative literature. Among the categories of narrative discussed are the espacio pochista, the migrante, and the indigenista. The book is a signal advance in the sociology of Chicano narrative and its application to significant...

Annotation Between 1605 and 1621, Quevedo wrote a sequence of five "Dreams" or "Visions" "(Suenos y discursos), in each of which he hilariously envisions Spanish society as populated by people rightfully condemned to Hell. These astonishingly witty and irreverent satires of contemporary Spanish culture, morality, prejudice and religious fanaticism, were composed in a style as allusive, elliptical and equivocal as to successfully entertain both those who barely understood their full range and import, and others who celebrated the poet's rebellious insinuations. Censorship prohibited the...

GUÍA PARA CONVERTIR A NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES EN LECTORES ENTUSIASTAS. INCLUYE GRANDES LIBROS DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS. Este libro ofrece una elaborada guía de lecturas para niños y adolescentes. Incluye grandes libros de todos los tiempos, y también otros que contribuyen a que el amor a la lectura no naufrague ante las primeras olas. Hay en él hadas y maravillas, disparates y fantasía épica, imaginación asombrosa y viejas leyendas sobre el coraje heroico. Hay relatos de viajes extraordinarios, y de lucha generosa por ideales grandes. Y hay también sitio para historias sobre el valor de la ...

Ateneo ha convocado a veintitrés sabios, es decir contertulios, que van disertando sobre muy variadas cuestiones: desde los más sabrosos refinamientos de algunas comidas a otros temas no menos curiosos de poética y filosofía. Este texto de quince libros es una mina incomparable de noticias sobre costumbres, alimentos, personajes, fragmentos literarios, etc., es tan extenso que cobra un valor muy singular por esas citas textuales que proceden de un montón de fuentes antiguas. La pintoresca erudición de estos sabios y parleros comensales responde al afán ilustrado de Ateneo en...

Fernan Gonzalez lived from about AD 910 to 970. The popular image of him is of a fearsome warrior who gave his people protection from their enemies (both Muslim and Christian), and a wise and respected lord who enabled them to live in security and harmony. He was generally accepted to have played a strategic role in achieving independence for Castile and freeing it from dominance by the kingdom of Leon. The Poema de Fernan Gonzalez was composed (by an unknown author) in the mid-thirteenth century as an enduring celebration of his triumphs and account of his life and deeds. Fact and legend...