Antonio María Esquivel

Eva Peron (1919-1952) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. Often referred to as "Evita," she was never an officially elected political figure, but by her husband's second term as President, she had become the most powerful woman in the history of her nation. By the 1960s, Evita was an international pop-culture icon; in the 1970s, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the blockbuster musical Evita about her; and in the mid-90s, the musical was adapted to a movie starring Madonna. This small, chunky paperback features all manner of vintage graphic treatments from...

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it explains from scratch the fundamentals of phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) and describes in detail the phonetic and phonological characteristics of Spanish as it is spoken in both Spain and Latin America. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, acoustics, stress, syllables, intonation, and aspects of variation within Spanish. Clear comparisons are made between the sounds of Spanish and those of English, and students ...

Este libro pertenece a la nueva Serie Integral por Competencias, que el Grupo Editorial Patria lanza en reconocimiento al gran avance educativo que representarán para el país, los nuevos programas de la Dirección General de Bachillerato (DGB) y cubre el 100% de los planes de la reforma y el “Marco Curricular Común” propuesto por la Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). Sabemos que estos nuevos programas constituirán un gran reto para alumnos y docentes y por eso hemos reunido, en esta nueva serie, a un equipo de expertos en el enfoque metodológico, en la autoría de cada...

Con la aparición de estos dos volúmenes, Severo Sarduy viene a ocupar al fin el sitio que le corresponde dentro del canon de la literatura hispanoamericana moderna. Esta edición crítica fue coordinada por Gustavo Guerrero y François Wahl, y contiene estudios de Alain Badiou, Adolfo Castañón, Roberto González Echevarría, Gustavo Guerrero, Guy Larderau, François Moulin Civil y François Wahl, entre otros.