UNAM is the largest publishing house in the Spanish-speaking world. Its production averages 1200 printed titles and 500 electronic titles per year. It publishes literature, and state-of-the-art research in Spanish for all sciences and humanities. It translates the most within Mexican publishing industry, and it has been the publishing house of the most outstanding academic writers in Modern Mexico.
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Kontexte, Blickwinkel, Sichtachsen und Perspektivwechsel Was wir machen Das Internet sollte Zugang zu Wissen organisieren und ist ein Werkzeug zum Austausch von Ideen, Visionen und Lösungen. – Suug Productions kreiert Projekte mit Sinn – und dem Anspruch, die Welt durch neue und ungewöhnliche Kontexte, Blickwinkel, Sichtachsen und Perspektivwechsel zu einem etwas reizvolleren Ort zu machen.
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This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality.
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Photography and memory in Mexico traces the 'life stories' of some of the famous photographic images made during the 1910 revolution, which have been repeatedly reproduced across a range of media in its aftermath. Which photographs have become icons of the revolution and why these particular images and not others? What is the relationship between photography and memory of the conflict? How do we construct a critical framework for addressing the issues raised by iconic photographs? Placing an emphasis on the life, afterlife and also the pre-life of those iconic photographs that haunt the post-revolutionary landscape, Andrea Noble approaches them as dynamic objects, where their rhetorical power is derived from a combination of their visual eloquence and their ability to coordinate patterns of identification with the memory of the revolution as a foundational event in Mexican history. Richly-illustrated, this book will be of interest to all those interested in photography, memory studies, and Mexican cultural history. ;
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There are many things in life that we are (more or less) free to choose: our circle of friends, our workplace, our place of residence. However, we have to take some communities as they come: We cannot choose our family or our neighbours, for example. Why this does not only lead to the much-vaunted idyllic sense of belonging and what tensions forced social relationships can cause: This is the subject of this fascinating collection of essays by Bernd Imgrund. It sheds light on a piece of social history that we all know from our own experience: who hasn't had an argument with their immediate neighbour or made fun of the residents of the neighbouring district? But it is by no means only negative aspects that characterise neighbourly relations. Pride in one's neighbourhood, help within a village community: the many advantages of a social community, its importance and its representation in art and literature have also found their way into this book.
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*** Mit Farbschnitt und Charakterkarte in der 1. Auflage *** Das fulminante Finale der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe rund um die Highclare Academy für alle Fans von Romance- und Dark-Academia ab 14 Jahren. So düster, gefährlich und romantisch wie nie zuvor. Nachdem sich Louisa Theos dunkelstem Geheimnis stellen musste, bleibt nichts wie vorher. Sie kann nicht glauben, was der Master nach der Challenge am See öffentlich gemacht hat. Um die Wahrheit herauszufinden, beschließt Louisa, mit Annie zu sprechen – der einzigen Person, die ihr sagen kann, was wirklich passiert ist. Doch auch der Master hat ein Interesse an Annie. Er treibt sein perfides Spiel weiter und setzt dem Ruby Circle eine Frist: Wenn Annie nicht innerhalb weniger Wochen gefunden wird, wird er alle Geheimnisse der Highclare Academy hochgehen lassen. Als dann auch noch Theo wiederauftaucht, weiß Louisa gar nicht mehr, was sie tun soll. Kann sie es wagen, ihm noch einmal zu vertrauen, und vor allem: Werden ihre Gefühle für Theo der Wahrheit standhalten können? Weitere Bücher von Jana Hoch: The Ruby Circle (1). All unsere GeheimnisseThe Ruby Circle (2). All unsere LügenRoyal Horses (1). KronenherzRoyal Horses (2). KronentraumRoyal Horses (3). KronennachtDancing with Raven. Unser wildes Herz Weitere Infos zur SPIEGEL-Bestseller Autorin unter jana-hoch.de oder auf Instagram + TikTok unter @janahoch.autorin.
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SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Jana Hoch kombiniert Romance und Suspense zu einem einzigartigen Lesegenuss von Enemies-to-Lovers und Fake Hating! Zwei verfeindete Familien. Ein Spiel, das nur ein Liebespaar gewinnen kann. Darcy Green ist das genaue Gegenteil von reich und berühmt. Trotzdem erhält sie eine Einladung zu einem mysteriösen Erbschaftsspiel. Bei diesem Medienereignis sollen die Nachkommen der wohlhabenden und verfeindeten Familien Seymour und Corydalis um ein Schloss auf einer abgelegenen Insel kämpfen. Unter den Anwärtern ist auch Dorian – arrogant, unverschämt attraktiv, und entschlossen, das Spiel um jeden Preis zu gewinnen. Doch: Nur ein Liebespaar aus beiden Familien kann das Erbe antreten, zu dem auch ein wertvolles Kunstwerk gehört, das auf der Insel versteckt ist. Wird es nicht rechtzeitig gefunden, zerstört es sich selbst. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt, denn das Schloss steckt voller Rätsel und um diese zu lösen, braucht Darcy ausgerechnet Dorians Hilfe. Während sie gemeinsam den Hinweisen nachjagen, kommen sie sich näher – gefährlich nah. Dabei darf Darcy nicht vergessen, dass Dorian bereit ist, jedes Risiko einzugehen – auch, wenn es bedeutet, Darcys Herz zu brechen. Band 1 der Jewel-Secrets-Reihe: Inheritance Games meets The Selection. Für alle Romance mit Suspense-Fans ab 14 Jahren mit Farbschnitt in der 1. Auflage. Weitere Bücher von Jana Hoch: The Ruby Circle (1). All unsere Geheimnisse The Ruby Circle (2). All unsere Lügen The Ruby Circle (3). All unsere Wahrheiten Royal Horses (1). Kronenherz Royal Horses (2). Kronentraum Royal Horses (3). Kronennacht Dancing with Raven. Unser wildes Herz Weitere Infos zur SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin unter www.jana-hoch.de oder auf Instagram oder TikTok unter @janahoch.autorin
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This book is a collection of essays on the most important figures associated with the Bakhtin Circle. It offers new biographical material, valuable translations of important Russian texts, a timeline and extensive bibliographical references. ;
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** Mit Farbschnitt und beigelegter Charakterkarte nur in der 1. Auflage ** Hinter den Kulissen ist es im elitären Ruby Circle alles andere als friedlich Nach den Vorfällen mit dem geheimnisvollen Master kehrt die luxuriöse Highclare Academy langsam wieder zur Normalität zurück. Im Verborgenen allerdings brodelt es weiter im elitären Kreis des Ruby Circles. Davon will Louisa jedoch nichts wissen, sondern die Zeit mit Theo genießen, der sich ihr endlich geöffnet hat. Doch dann entdeckt sie einen roten Brief - das Markenzeichen des Masters, der neue düstere Intrigen spinnt. Das gefährliche Spiel geht weiter. Als auch Theo einen Brief erhält, spitzt sich die Lage zu. Der Master kennt sein dunkelstes Geheimnis, das alles zwischen Louisa und Theo zerstören könnte. Kann Louisa Theo vertrauen oder war alles zwischen ihnen eine einzige große Lüge? Band 2 der Highclare-Academy-Reihe: dramatisch, glamourös und hochromantisch. Für alle Romance- und Dark-Academia-Fans ab 14 Jahren. Band 3 erscheint im Herbst 2024! Weitere Bücher von Jana Hoch: The Ruby Circle (1). All unsere GeheimnisseRoyal Horses (1). KronenherzRoyal Horses (2). KronentraumRoyal Horses (3). KronennachtDancing with Raven. Unser wildes Herz Weitere Infos zur Autorin unter www.jana-hoch.de oder auf Instagram + TikTok unter @janahoch.autorin.
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Critical theory and Independent Living explores intersections between contemporary critical theory and disabled people's struggle for self-determination. The book highlights the affinities between the Independent Living movement and studies of epistemic injustice, biopower, and psychopower. It discusses in depth the activists' critical engagement with welfare-state paternalism, neoliberal marketisation, and familialism. This helps develop a pioneering comparison between various welfare regimes grounded in Independent Living advocacy. The book draws on the activism of disabled people from the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) by developing case studies of the ENIL's campaigning for deinstitutionalisation and personal assistance. It is argued that this work helps rethink independence as a form of interdependence, and that this reframing is pivotal for critical theorising in the twenty-first century.
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In this volume, eighteen experts from a variety of academic backgrounds explore the use of songs in films from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. This volume illustrates how - rather than simply helping to tell the story of - songs in Hispanic and Lusophone cinema commonly upset the hierarchy of the visual over the aural, thereby rendering their hearing a complex and rich subject for analysis. Screening songs... constitutes a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary collection. Of particular interest to scholars and academics in the areas of Film Studies, Hispanic Studies, Lusophone Studies and Musicology, this volume opens up the study of Hispanic and Lusophone cinema to vital, new, critical approaches. The soundtracks of films as varied as City of God, All About My Mother, Bad Education and Buena Vista Social Club are analysed alongside those of lesser-known works that range from the melodramas of Mexican cinema's golden age to Brazilian and Portuguese musical comedies from the 1940s and 1950s. Fiction films are studied alongside documentaries, the work of established directors like Pedro Almodóvar, Carlos Saura and Nelson Pereira dos Santos alongside that of emerging filmmakers, and performances by iconic stars like Caetano Veloso and Chavela Vargas alongside the songs of Spanish Gypsy groups, Mexican folk songs and contemporary Brazilian rap.
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If one had to identify one central, defining text from modern Mexican culture, it would be Octavio Paz´s famous essay, El laberinto de la soledad. This fully annotated edition includes the complete text in Spanish (with the author's final revisions), and notes and additional material in English. The editor's introduction contextualizes the essay and discusses central features: autobiographical and textual origins, intellectual sources, reception and canonization, generic ambiguity, structure, and governing symbols. The intellectual sources identified range from Marx, Nietzsche and Freud to the more contemporary ones of the French College of Sociology (Caillois), the Surrealist movement, the ideas of D. H. Lawrence, previous essays from writers in Mexico (such as Samuel Ramos) and Latin America. Several lines of interpretation are examined to show how the work can be read as a psycho-historical essay, an autobiographical construct or a modern literary myth. Transdisciplinary by nature, this literary essay is both an imaginative construction of personal and national identity, and also a critical deconstruction of dominant stereotypes. It seeks to redefine the complex relationships that exist between psychology, myth, history and Mexican culture. This edition also includes excerpts of the author's opinions on his essay, a time-line of Mexican history, a selected vocabulary, and themes for discussion and debate. Paz's first full-length prose work remains his most well-known and widely read text, and this edition will appeal to sixth-form and university students, teachers, researchers and general readers with a knowledge of Spanish. ;
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** Mit farbigem Buchschnitt und beigelegter Illustration nur in der 1. Auflage ** „Sich in ihn zu verlieben war leicht. Ihm nahezukommen fast unmöglich.“ Als Louisa eines der seltenen Stipendien für die Highclare Academy erhält, erhofft sie sich einen Neuanfang. Nicht nur, weil sie als Studentin automatisch zum elitären Kreis des Ruby Circles zählt und ihr jeder Wunsch von den Augen abgelesen wird. Sondern auch, weil sie glaubt, dort endlich sicher vor den Lügen zu sein, die ihr Leben in einen Albtraum verwandelt haben. Doch all der Luxus trügt, denn hinter den Mauern der Academy brodelt es und jeder hat ein Geheimnis. Bald weiß Louisa nicht mehr, wem sie vertrauen kann. Lediglich der unnahbare Theo, der sie durch die Arbeit mit seinen Pferden beeindruckt, scheint sich vom Circle zu distanzieren. Obwohl Louisa spürt, dass es klüger wäre, sich von ihm fernzuhalten, kommen sich die beiden näher. Und schließlich muss sie sich die Frage stellen: Sind ihre Gefühle stark genug, um gegen Theos Geheimnisse zu bestehen? Band 1 der Highclare-Academy-Reihe: dramatisch, glamourös und hochromantisch. Für alle Romance- und Dark-Academia-Fans ab 14 Jahren. Weitere Bücher von Jana Hoch: Royal Horses (1). KronenherzRoyal Horses (2). KronentraumRoyal Horses (3). KronennachtDancing with Raven. Unser wildes Herz Weitere Infos zur SPIEGEL-Bestseller Autorin unter www.jana-hoch.de oder auf Instagram + TikTok unter @janahoch.autorin.
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One of the threads that runs through Elena Poniatowska's oeuvre is that of foreigners who have fallen in love with Mexico and its people. This is certainly the case of Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela - a brief novel (so short it was originally published in its entirety in Octavio Paz's literary magazine Vuelta). The Russian exile and painter Angelina Beloff writes from the cold and impoverished post-war Paris to Diego Rivera, her spouse of over ten years. Beloff sends these letters to which there is no response during a time when the emancipation of women has broken many of the standard models and the protagonist struggles to fashion her own. Elena Poniatowska has (re)created these letters and within them one finds the unforgettable testimony of an artist and her lover during the valuable crossroads of a new time when Diego Rivera was forging a new life in his native country. In this edition, Nathanial Gardner comments on the truth and fiction Poniatowska has woven together to form this compact, yet rich, modern classic. Using archives in London, Paris and Mexico City (including Angelina's correspondence held in Frida Kahlo's own home) as well as interviews from the final remaining characters who knew the real Angelina, Gardner offers a mediation of the text and its historical groundings as well as critical commentary. This edition will appeal to both students and scholars of Latin American Studies as well as lovers of Mexican Literature and Art in general.
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Since its publication in 1962, Carlos Fuentes' novel, Aura, remains not merely an object of academic interest but a continuous source of controversy in Mexico. It was the explosive combination of sex and religion that incensed the Ministro de Hacienda, Salvador Abascal, and linked Aura to the recent polemical Mexican film El crimen del Padre Amaro. Aura is preoccupied with the place and persistence of the sacred in modern Mexico rather than simply the secret abuses of institutional Catholicism. This critical edition of the work is accompanied by an introduction and notes on the text. ;
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Despite a growing interest in her life and work, Voltairine de Cleyre's contribution to anarchist studies, women studies, and American literature is still mostly unacknowledged. Described by Emma Goldman as 'the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced', de Cleyre authored poems, prose sketches, lectures and translations which radiate with her vision of the world, meticulous use of language, and iconoclastic vigor. Drawing on her copious correspondence with family members, friends and comrades, this monograph provides novel insight into the most significant events of her life while investigating the aesthetic concern characterizing all of her writing. Constantly shifting across languages, she established cosmopolitan networks within immigrant communities at home and beyond the ocean, always believing, until her untimely death, in universal solidarity and the ultimate non-existence of national, ethnic and linguistic barriers.
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Voltaire (1694–1778) war einer der einflussreichsten französischen Philosophen. Mit seinen Werken zur Vernunft und zur Toleranz bereitete er den Weg für die Französische Revolution. Er gilt als der bedeutendste Protagonist der europäischen Aufklärung.
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Voltaire (1694–1778) war einer der einflussreichsten französischen Philosophen. Mit seinen Werken zur Vernunft und zur Toleranz bereitete er den Weg für die Französische Revolution. Er gilt als der bedeutendste Protagonist der europäischen Aufklärung.
