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Rafael Alcides o la poética de un hombre común
La obra poética de Rafael Alcides es una especie de cronología del proceso político y social que ha vivido Cuba durante las últimas cinco décadas. Este trabajo establece una relación entre esta obra y ciertos acontecimientos ... -
Representations of Spanish emigration in films from 2005-2015: the use of a shared history to open conversations about contemporary immigration
This paper examines the cinematic representation of Spanish emigration in three films released between 2005-2015. The analysis is focused on Un franco, 14 pesetas (2006) directed by Carlos Iglesias, Las chicas de la sexta ... -
Retratos de la mujer española: Cine, música y prosa de los años ochenta
Este trabajo intenta explorar la representación de la mujer por tres artistas masculinos durante los años ochenta en España. Como esta etapa de la historia del país era una gran transición política y cultural, es interesante ... -
Rewriting the Nation: Language Planning and Textbooks in French Primary Education During the Third Republic
This research investigates the rewriting of the nation in France during the Third Republic and the role played by primary schools in the process of identity formation. Le Tour de la France par deux enfants, a textbook ... -
Santa Teresa's ecstasies: pain and pleasure in Counter-Reformation Spain
(1997)In this dissertation I analyze the presence of the body and desire in the writings of the Spanish mystic, Santa Teresa de Avila. Such presence is perplexing if we consider that the author experiences and writes about her ... -
Sartorial Code-Switching: Vestiary Identity Performance and Female Celebrity in Paris, 1832-1939
This dissertation is a case study of dress and appearance as a power technique in the lives of four women—George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt, Colette, and Josephine Baker—who rose to prominence in Paris between the July Monarchy ... -
Ser ciudadano en 1862: visiones del futuro chileno en dos novelas de Alberto Blest Gana
En 1862, el chileno Alberto Blest Gana publicó dos novelas como folletines en el periódico liberal La Voz de Chile: MartÃn Rivas y Mariluán. Los protagonistas de las dos novelas, MartÃn y Mariluán, respectivamente, ... -
The Causes of Racism in Mexico
The following work undertakes a project which has been within the scope of recent studies in race and racism, especially at a level which seeks to understand the impact of racial dynamics beyond the scope of the US. That ... -
The Creation of a National Identity: Etiquette, Dress, and Food in Nineteenth Century Mexico
In 1839 Frances Calderón de la Barca arrived in Mexico along with her husband who was appointed ambassador to Spain. During her two year stay, Marchioness Frances wrote about her experiences throughout the Mexican landscapes; ... -
The Good Distance: Proust and sociability
Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu has been studied more than any other in French literature. Scholars have analyzed it from specific perspectives such as the relation between the artist and his art, class ... -
The Jewish Capital of Europe: Literary Representation from Balzac to Proust of the Societal Place and Architectural Space of Jews in Paris from the July Monarchy to the Belle Époque
Nineteenth-century France experienced a literary phenomenon of Jewish characters. Represented in greater proportion than their actual population, they were situated within the modernizing city, sometimes as agents of ... -
The Memories of the Dead: Trauma and Historical Memory in "[REC]"
The zombie is a monster that has captured the imagination of horror lovers across the world ever since it made the leap from folklore to film. Since then, anxieties over the present and future in these texts have been the ... -
The Requests in the Spanish Language Class: a Comparative Study between Heritage Language Learners and Second Language Learners.
This study analyzes the influence of English in the requests of heritage learners of Spanish and learners of Spanish as a foreign language. Differences between the two groups were not significant, however, the results show ... -
Todos somos monstruos: DistopÃa, injusticia e hibridez en tres obras de la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea
While the monster has traditionally played the role of the villain and has symbolized the Other, I propose that it also represents the self. These beings may be protagonists or narrators whose ordeals highlight the ... -
Translation 3.0: A Blueprint for Translation Studies in the Digital Age
At the close of the second decade of the twenty-first century, Translation Studies has evolved into an accepted and even booming discipline in higher education. Since translation touches on every aspect of scholarship, ... -
Un primer acercamiento a la tradición del corrido mexicano en el Valle de Yákima
The corrido is recognized as a symbol of Mexican culture, manifested in several ways: by the characteristic melodies and lyrics, by giving voice to marginalized classes and by exposing the socio-cultural situation of the ... -
Verisimilitude in Transatlantic Reconstructions of the 20th Century: A Cognitive Approach to Televised Series
Verisimilitude in Transatlantic Reconstructions of the 20th Century identifies how transatlantic, audiovisual perspectives produced in the 21st-century attempt to reproduce a plausible version of the past by mimicking and ... -
Welcome to Lake Chelan! (o algo asi)
Anyone can write a book about a town and represent it fairly well with basic information and details. With a little research, one is able to find some history on the town and prove its existence in the text. A few quick ... -
Writing the Californias: Spain and a new history
Near the end of the eighteenth century Spain was struggling to maintain the tenuous hold it had on its colonies on the pacific northwest coast of the American continent. The Official Contemporary Documents of the Spanish ...