The Message of Transformation in Miguel Angel Asturias' El Señor Presidente
Author : Stacey V. Sasser
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Despotism in literature
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Author : Stacey V. Sasser
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Despotism in literature
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Author : Ray Verzasconi
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 1962
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Publisher :
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :
"Education, arts and social sciences, natural and technical sciences in the United States and Canada".
Author : André Camp
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 1983*
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Author : Miguel Asturias
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1474614620
The President tells the story of a ruthless dictator and his schemes to dispose of a political adversary in an unnamed country usually identified as Guatemala. Drawing on his experience as a journalist writing under repressive conditions, Miguel Angel Asturias provides a blazing indictment of totalitarian government and its damaging psychological effects on society - from the harvest of terror to cowardice, to sycophancy, to treachery and intrigue, and the total sacrifice of human values to lust for power. Written in a language of freedom and originality, full of extraordinary symbolism, biting satire, poetry and dream sequences, with an imagination that is both lyrical and ferocious, The President is a surrealist masterpiece and one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
Author : Barbara A. Tenenbaum
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780684197548
Strives to organize knowledge of the region. It contains nearly 5,300 separate articles. Most topics appear in English alphabetical order.
Author : D. Rothenberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1137011149
This edited, one-volume version presents the first ever English translation of the report of The Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), a truth commission that exposed the details of 'la violenca,' during which hundreds of massacres were committed in a scorched-earth campaign that displaced approximately one million people.
Author : Anthony W. Fontes
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520969596
The fear of violent crime dominates Guatemala City. In the midst of unprecedented levels of postwar violence, Guatemalans struggle to fathom the myriad forces that have made life in this city so deeply insecure. Born out of histories of state terror, migration, and US deportation, maras (transnational gangs) have become the face of this new era of violence. They are brutal organizations engaged in extortion, contract killings, and the drug trade, and yet they have also become essential to the emergence of a certain kind of social order. Drawing on years of fieldwork inside prisons, police precincts, and gang-dominated neighborhoods, Anthony W. Fontes demonstrates how gang violence has become indissoluble from contemporary social imaginaries and how these gangs provide cover for a host of other criminal actors. Ethnographically rich and unflinchingly critical, Mortal Doubt illuminates the maras’ role in making and mooring collective terror in Guatemala City while tracing the ties that bind this violence to those residing in far safer environs.
Author : Teresa A. Meade
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1118772482
Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Latin America offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the rich cultural and political history of this vibrant region from the onset of independence to the present day. Includes coverage of the recent opening of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba as well as a new chapter exploring economic growth and environmental sustainability Balances accounts of the lives of prominent figures with those of ordinary people from a diverse array of social, racial, and ethnic backgrounds Features first-hand accounts, documents, and excerpts from fiction interspersed throughout the narrative to provide tangible examples of historical ideas Examines gender and its influence on political and economic change and the important role of popular culture, including music, art, sports, and movies, in the formation of Latin American cultural identity Includes all-new study questions and topics for discussion at the end of each chapter, plus comprehensive updates to the suggested readings
Author : Tzvetan Todorov
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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