Manual del español en América

This collection of eighteen papers delivered at the twelfth biennial British Judeo-Spanish Studies conference, held in London in 2001, offers a wide selection of world-wide current research into the language, literature, and history of the Sephardi Jews. With contributions by Rachel Amado Bortnick, Tracy K. Harris, Jill Kushner Bishop, Judith R. Cohen, Alexia Duchowny, Dora Mancheva, Aitor Garcia Moreno, Elaine R. Miller, Aldina Quintana, Samuel G. Armistead, Julia R. Lieberman, Ronnie Perelis, Angel Berenguer Amador, Messod Salama, Rena Molho, Rivka Havassy, Maria Esformes and Matilde...

This publication tours the Museo de Arte de Ponce's collection of highly regarded Spanish painting and sculpture. The museum, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, celebrates the richness of Western art from the dawn of the Renaissance through to the end of the 19th century.

Plantear el estudio de la prensa femenina desde el feminismo es un acto revolucionario. Esta ha sido una prensa ignorada, como le sucedió en sus inicios a la televisión al ser considerada demasiado popular. Esta es una prensa encasillada, claramente alineada con los valores sociales tradicionales. Pero Marta Orsini consigue desprenderse de estas miradas, que no hacen otra cosa que limitarnos, y profundiza sobre cómo las revistas femeninas contribuyen en el empoderamiento de las mujeres. La autora escarba los rastros del feminismo y, efectivamente, los encuentra. Eso sí, muchas veces...

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...