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Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez

Caribbean Troubadour

By: Gustavo Arango

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Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez

Caribbean Troubadour

By: Gustavo Arango

This book examines one of the most influential Latin American writers of the last decades. Arango explores Gabriel García Márquez’s origins, relevance, and themes to provide a new assessment of his Caribbean background and the deep roots of his work in popular culture.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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166691634X

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9781666916348

Beyond 'plata o plomo'

Drugs and State Reconfiguration in Colombia

By: Gustavo Duncan

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Beyond 'plata o plomo'

Drugs and State Reconfiguration in Colombia

By: Gustavo Duncan

This Element introduces the concept of oligopoly of coercion to interpretate the interaction between drug trafficking and reconfiguration of the state in Colombia. Three elements are central to this interpretation: corruption in oligopolies of coercion must be understood as a payment by drug traffickers for acting like a parallel state; the state criminalizes more drug as merchandise than drug as capital – its equivalent in money; the politics and war around drug trafficking in Colombia should be understood as the way in which peripheral societies access global markets through the ruling institutions of private armies. With these elements, the author focuses on the dynamics of the reconfiguration of the state in Colombia after the cocaine boom in the mid-70s and the evolution of the private armies in Colombia.

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147

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Cambridge University Press

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1108896588

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9781108896580

The Cuban Condition

Translation and Identity in Modern Cuban Literature

By: Gustavo Pérez Firmat

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The Cuban Condition

Translation and Identity in Modern Cuban Literature

By: Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Firmat explores the process of assimilation or transculturation in the case of Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity through revisionary readings dating from the early decades of the twentieth century, a time of intense self-reflection in the nation's history. He argues that Cuban identity is translational rather than foundational and that cubanía emerges from a nuanced, self-conscious recasting of foreign models.

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200

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Cambridge University Press

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0521027322

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9780521027328

Gustavo Esteva

A Critique of Development and other essays

By: Gustavo Esteva

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Gustavo Esteva

A Critique of Development and other essays

By: Gustavo Esteva

In his reflections on decolonization and post-development, Gustavo Esteva forged a unique synthesis of critical theory and political economy. This book presents more than half a century of "reflection in action" in the form of essays, books, and interventions in national and international forums and newspaper articles—most published here for the very first time. It showcases Esteva’s evolving thought on economic theory, social change, revolutionary subjectivity, transition, development, the challenges of a new era and personal and communal autonomy, all associated with the challenges and advances in the construction of a new society. Through this translation, Esteva’s writings engage with many of the important cultural and political debates of the present day and retain their power both to provoke and move the reader. Readers will see a thinker at work, formulating local, grassroots alternatives as they are emerging in Mexico and Latin America, with a keen sensibility to what happens in other regions of the world. Gustavo Esteva: A Critique of Development and Other Essays offers a lucid insight into the climatic and sociopolitical collapses we face and will be of interest to students and scholars of critical theory, post-colonial and de-colonial studies, and post-development studies.

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294

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Taylor & Francis

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1000620069

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9781000620061

The Shining Path

A History of the Millenarian War in Peru

By: Gustavo Gorriti

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The Shining Path

A History of the Millenarian War in Peru

By: Gustavo Gorriti

First published in Peru in 1990, The Shining Path was immediately hailed as one of the finest works on the insurgency that plagued that nation for over fifteen years. A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas' opening attack in 1980 and President Fernando Belaunde's reluctant decision to send in the military to contain the growing rebellion in late 1982. Covering the strategy, actions, successes, and setbacks of both the government and the rebels, the book shows how the tightly organized insurgency forced itself upon an unwilling society just after the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime. One of Peru's most distinguished journalists, Gustavo Gorriti first covered the Shining Path movement for the leading Peruvian newsweekly, Caretas. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and an impressive array of government and Shining Path documents, he weaves his careful research into a vivid portrait of the now-jailed Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman, Belaunde and his generals, and the unfolding drama of the fiercest war fought on Peruvian soil since the Chilean invasion a century before.

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320

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807866857

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9780807866856

Connections

Linking People and Principles for Dynamic Church Multiplication

By: Gustavo V. Suarez

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Linking People and Principles for Dynamic Church Multiplication

By: Gustavo V. Suarez

Many pastors, staff, and lay leaders want to know how to take the gospel of Christ to the world. This book outlines six principles to reproduce spiritually healthy, dynamic churches which reproduce themselves in their communities and around the world.

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322

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1888237473

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9781888237474

Marilla Waite Freeman

A Life in Pictures, Articles, Letters and Manuscripts

By: Gustavo Arango

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Marilla Waite Freeman

A Life in Pictures, Articles, Letters and Manuscripts

By: Gustavo Arango

(COLOR PRINTED EDITION) A "Goddess," a "fire starter," a free spirit, but first of all a librarian, Marilla Waite Freeman (1870-1961) was one of the most brilliant minds in America during the first half of the twentieth century. Artists revered her (she inspired poems, novels and musical compositions), entire communities were indebted to her, little kids on the street would recognize her as "the Library Lady." She was determined to make libraries the "power house" of society, and to use literacy as the key for the pursuit of happiness. Marilla obtained a degree in Literature from the University of Chicago (1897) and a Law Degree from the University of Memphis (1921). She was devoted most of her life to promoting the appreciation of poetry and worked for libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, Massachusetts, New York and Cleveland, where she was librarian of the second largest public library in the country Nothing seemed alien to her interest. In addition to her many influential articles on general and reference librarianship, she wrote about censorship, the role of libraries in war times, hospital libraries, adult education, the film industry, and the relationships between the libraries and their communities. Her many achievements and distinctions also included being a contributing writer to the Encyclopedia Americana, being the First Vicepresident of the American Library Association and receiving a Distinguished Service Medal on the 50th Anniversary of the University of Chicago. After her death, Marilla fell into oblivion. For almost five decades her legacy stayed in the shadows. But now she is back to business and ready to be the inspiration many people need. It is time for the Library Lady to become the living legend she was meant to be.

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278

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Ediciones El Pozo

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0986181250

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9780986181252

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Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez

Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez

Beyond 'plata o plomo'

Beyond 'plata o plomo'

The Cuban Condition

The Cuban Condition

Gustavo Esteva

Gustavo Esteva

The Shining Path

The Shining Path

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