L'Amérique du Sud

The complexity of a country in which violence and internal armed-conflict coexist with enormous cultural, natural, and human riches is captured in this illuminating essay by Colombian poet William Ospina. The accompanying photographs—all previously unpublished—are taken by some of Colombia's best photographers, and each in its own way sheds light on the possibility of a future in which the nation may become reconciled with itself. Esta colección de textos del célebre escritor colombiano William Ospina es un retrato de matices, buenos y malos, escrito de manera crítica pero certera...

Although few people know its history, Philadelphia is the third-largest Puerto Rican community in the United States. Thousands have made el viaje, or the journey, from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, beginning before 1898 and continuing today. Puerto Ricans came as political exiles, merchants, and workers and built vibrant everyday lives and community organizations. By the 1970s, the Puerto Rican community was strong and diverse. El Viaje is a photographic journey of Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, and it refers to a popular local radio program.

En este libro póstumo, cuya publicación fue prevista por Nicole Loraux, la gran historiadora se interroga sobre las representaciones que la ciudad griega pretende dar de sí misma. En concreto, analiza los discursos relacionados con la incómoda cuestión de la guerra civil, la stásis. Subrayando la importancia del uso correcto del psicoanálisis en historia, Nicole Loraux formula el deseo de que los historiadores, «maduros por la experiencia del tiempo presente, confrontados al evidente fracaso de aplicar casillas explicativas unidimensionales a las guerras civiles que estallan en todas...

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