A ambos lados del Atlántico: películas españolas y brasileñas premiadas

Living in a cramped space where Beverly Hills and Calcutta meet every day, the artists gathered here explore the tension between wealth and poverty, among progress, stagnation, and improvisation, and between the violence and civility that animates the vibrant center that is Mexico City. Compounding the complexity of urban living, high rates of kidnapping, murder and pollution become a daily threat. For the rich, the body becomes an object to be cared for, protected, even exchanged for ransom, while, for an underclass of day laborers, homeless people, and prostitutes, survival depends on...

Para pasar de un ingles aprendido a la soltura de un idioma, esta obra le facilita el camino a el vocabulario economico, politico, informativo, etc. Aproximandole al mismo tiempo al americano y americanismos.

Era mi sueno escribir un librito de poesia bilingue, con temas relacionados a situaciones de la vida diaria. Como me identifico con la cultura Latina, las situaciones se tratan de la familia, religion, educacion y un poco de humor. Claro, no podian faltar temas de decepcion amorosa. Los poemas fueron escritos originalmente en Espanol y luego traducidos a Ingles. Por favor recuerden que se traduce la idea en general. No traten de encontrar una traduccion de palabra por palabra. Traducir es dificil en la escritura en general; en la poesia, el reto es aun mas grande. Doy gracias primeramente a...

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...