Diccionario Oxford Escolar Edición Andina (Español-Inglés / Inglés-Español)


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Written specifically for learners of English in Colombia and the other Andean countries. Clear division of senses within each individual entry. Covers Andean Spanish and American and British English. A user-friendly design with extensive cross-references that help you find your way round the dictionary. Illustrations and over 500 notes on grammatical points, vocabulary and the culture of the English-speaking world.







Spain, Third Edition


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A readable and erudite study of the cultural history of Spain and its people.




Diccionario Oxford Escolar para estudiantes mexicanos de inglés (español-inglés / inglés-español)


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All the words Mexican students need, including hundreds of new words and examples in English and Spanish. Colour headwords to help users find the right meaning easily. Oxford 3000™ keywords to help students prioritize their learning. New usage notes on grammar, vocabulary, and cultural topics.




Bilingualism and Identity


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Sociolinguists have been pursuing connections between language and identity for several decades. But how are language and identity related in bilingualism and multilingualism? Mobilizing the most current methodology, this collection presents new research on language identity and bilingualism in three regions where Spanish coexists with other languages. The cases are Spanish-English contact in the United States, Spanish-indigenous language contact in Latin America, and Spanish-regional language contact in Spain. This is the first comparativist book to examine language and identity construction among bi- or multilingual speakers while keeping one of the languages constant. The sociolinguistic standing of Spanish varies among the three regions depending whether or not it is a language of prestige. Comparisons therefore afford a strong constructivist perspective on how linguistic ideologies affect bi/multilingual identity formation.




The School in Question


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Juan de la Rosa


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Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation. Set in the early 1800s, the novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. Juan recreates his childhood in the rebellious town of Cochabamba, and with it a large cast of full bodied, Dickensian characters both heroic and malevolent. The larger cultural dislocations brought about by Bolivia's political upheaval are echoed in those experienced by Juan, whose mother's untimely death sets off a chain of unpredictable events that propel him into the fiery crucible of the South American Independence Movement. Outraged by Juan's outspokenness against Spanish rule and his awakening political consciousness, his loyalist guardians banish him to the countryside, where he witnesses firsthand the Spaniards' violent repression and rebels' valiant resistance that crystallize both his personal destiny and that of his country. In Sergio Gabriel Waisman's fluid translation, English readers have access to Juan de la Rosa for the very first time.




Diccionario Oxford Pocket Edición Rioplatense (Español-Inglés / Inglés-Español)


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Written specifically for Argentinian and Uruguayan learners of English. Clear, accurate and up-to-date translations, based on analysis of the British National Corpus. Clear division of senses within each individual entry. A user-friendly design with entries in colour and extensive cross-references that help you find your way round the dictionary. Illustrations and over 500 notes on grammatical points, vocabulary and the culture of the English-speaking world.




World Anthropologies


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Since its inception, anthropology's authority has been based on the assumption that it is a unified discipline emanating from the West. In an age of heightened globalization, anthropologists have failed to discuss consistently the current status of their practice and its mutations across the globe. World Anthropologies is the first book to provoke this conversation from various regions of the world in order to assess the diversity of relations between regional or national anthropologies and a contested, power-laden Western discourse. Can a planetary anthropology cope with both the 'provincial cosmopolitanism' of alternative anthropologies and the 'metropolitan provincialism' of hegemonic schools? How might the resulting 'world anthropologies' challenge the current panorama in which certain allegedly national anthropological traditions have more paradigmatic weight - and hence more power - than others? Critically examining the international dissemination of anthropology within and across national power fields, contributors address these questions and provide the outline for a veritable world anthropologies project.