El oficio de la mirada

Mito: relato explicativo, simbólico y dinámico, de uno o varios acontecimientos extraordinarios personales con referente trascendente, que carece en principio de testimonio histórico, se compone de una serie de elementos invariantes reducibles a temas y sometidos a crisis, que presenta un carácter conflictivo, emotivo, funcional, ritual y remite siempre a una cosmogonia o a una escatologia absolutas, particulares o universales. Esta definición, general, fria e indeterminada, requiere un tiempo, un espacio, y sobre todo una conciencia que la viva. El mito no es un constructo mental ajeno...

El presente tomo abarca la existencia, persistencia y posible crecimiento del voseo a lo largo de gran parte del continente americano. El voseo es un tema de creciente interés académico: habiendo sido marcado como coloquial e inapropiado, vive un renacimiento en el siglo XXI. Hace medio siglo se predecía que el voseo dejaría de emplearse; hoy en día no sólo no desaparece, sino crece en varios casos. En esta colección de estudios, entendemos por qué es importante el voseo y por qué sigue vigente en el habla actual. Vos implica cercanía en la comunicación; refleja valores sociales;...

In this exciting Spanish kids' book, Arnold the moose lives in a small wooden house on the edge of the forest. He is something of a dreamer, and one day his friend, a goose called Louis, comes to his house with a suggestion that they go searching for treasure. Arnold jumps at the chance, of course, and the two prepare to set off into the dangerous forest in their truck. They enlist the help of some other animals and head off on the adventure of a lifetime. But there are more dangers than even they could have imagined, and they soon realize the value of friendship. What will happen when they...

The contributions gathered in this volume take a fresh look at the medieval history of women, revealing the many faces of female reality during an extremely dynamic period—while individuality was on the rise, new linguistic codes (vernacular languages) and innovative literary genres were emerging, and the political situation was undergoing deep changes. The book is structured in three interrelated sections: The first is dedicated to "Historical femininity" and documents the cultural and literary activities carried out by women from the nobility. The second is about "Authorial femininity"...