Un país de chiste

Mujeres protagonistas de la historia y mujeres borradas de ella; mujeres que sueñan y mujeres castigadas por soñar; mujeres que sobreviven y mujeres que nos ayudan a sobrevivir. Las mujeres que atraviesan los relatos de Eduardo Galeano conmueven por su determinación, su desobediencia constante, y también por su fragilidad. Galeano cuenta la intensidad de personajes femeninos tensionados por el peso de una causa, como Juana de Arco, Rosa Luxemburgo, Rigoberta Menchú, Eva Perón o las Madres de Plaza de Mayo; por su propia hermosura o talento, como Marilyn Monroe o Rita Hayworth, Frida...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Le héros des romans de Chrétien de Troyes est un 'chevalier', ce qui suppose, au Moyen Âge, toute une série de qualités d'ordre et moral et social, qui le différencient du reste et qui le situent à l'intérieur de l'élite de son monde. On pourrait même ajouter que le chevalier a un désir de transformation qui vise le perfectionnement personnel, et que ce désir le définit d'une certaine façon. Mais, avant toute chose, on est 'chevalier' quand 'on combat à cheval', et, sans aucun doute, l'essence du chevalier est intimement liée à sa monture. Le cheval définit le héros, non...