Los cazadores de la banda del valle

En este libro, el autor estudia los c dices de la tradici n mesoamericana a partir de las convenciones pictogr ficas que exist an entre pintores y provincias, centr ndose en las representaciones del cuerpo humano y la discusi n sobre el naturalismo. Su aproximaci n tiene que ver, no con el desciframiento, sino con el modo en que la informaci n era transmitida. la historia de las oscilaciones de este arte ind gena del siglo XVI, ampliado por el canon del Renacimiento impuesto por los frailes pero, al mismo tiempo, conservado en algunas destrezas, t cnicas y g neros, es la historia que busca...

"Excellent study of the Dominican Order in the 16th century. Avoids a chronological account giving the reader instead a methodical analysis of the institutional, social, and economic organization of the order. To the prototypes of the urban and the rural convents, Pita Moreda adds a balanced assessment of the missionary activities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

Los cambios y transformaciones que se dieron durante la administraci n del general C rdenas pretendieron cimentar una modernizaci n del pa s por medio de acciones concretas que se arraigaron en la cultura pol tica y a n subsisten. el prop sito de los autores de este volumen, el quinto de la serie, no consiste en reflexionar sobre el movimiento encabezado por C rdenas y verlo desde la actualidad como una utop a regresiva; m s bien, su objetivo es contribuir a la construcci n de una historia cr tica de las modernizaciones en M xico.

Researchers Castro Ricalde and McKee present a documental work covering sources from the United States, México, Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain and Serbia to account for the complex development of the Mexican cinematographic industry in the first half of the 20th century and its efforts to establish a national identity myth designed for local consumer commercialization and powerful enough to stand against Hollywood dominance. The study spans 2 decades from the first sound movie Santa (1932) to 1955, when the "Mexican cinema of the "Golden Age" had a preponderant role in the...