Otredad, orientalismo e identidad

"ƒrase una vez en Ovnilandia" ofrece una historia del desarrollo de la ufolog'a en Francia, desde sus or'genes en los a-os cincuenta hasta nuestros d'as. Concretamente, se trata de una historia de las hip-tesis, especulaciones y debates te-ricos que han marcado la saga ovn'stica francesa, y que le han dado un sello particular y caracter'stico, tan distinto del que viene siempre asociado a la ufolog'a estadounidense, con sus platillos volantes estrellados y sus conspiraciones infinitas. Este segundo volumen, hom-nimo de un art'culo de Jean Giraud, de 1977, trata de la evoluci-n de la...

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Son al menos cinco clases de territorios extraños que trata Olivier Marchon en este peculiar libro sobre la geografía humana: los enclavados, los simbólicos, los que se encuentran en disputa, los especiales y los utópicos. Así podemos encontrar a Kowloon Walled City, una ciudad en la que de pronto, en medio de un conflicto ente China y Gran Bretaña, nada es técnicamente ilegal. Sí, nada. Pero también podemos acercarnos a la historia de Roy Bates, que en la década del 60 creó un Principado en una vieja plataforma militar abandonada y se declara a él y a su pareja, príncipe y...

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...