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Dancing Mestizo Modernisms

Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico

By: Jose Luis Reynoso

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Dancing Mestizo Modernisms

Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico

By: Jose Luis Reynoso

This book analyzes how national and international dancers contributed to developing Mexico's cultural politics and notions of the nation at different historical moments. It emphasizes how dancers and other moving bodies resisted and reproduced racial and social hierarchies stemming from colonial Mexico (1521-1821). Relying on extensive archival research, choreography as an analytical methodology, and theories of race, dance, and performance studies, author Jose Reynoso examines how dance and other forms of embodiment participated in Mexico's formation after the Mexican War of Independence (1821-1876), the Porfirian dictatorship (1876-1911), and postrevolutionary Mexico (1919-1940). In so doing, the book analyzes how underlying colonial logics continued to influence relationships amongst dancers, other artists, government officials, critics, and audiences of different backgrounds as they refashioned their racial, social, cultural, and national identities. The book proposes and develops two main concepts that explore these mutually formative interactions among such diverse people: embodied mestizo modernisms and transnational nationalisms. 'Embodied mestizo modernisms' refers to combinations of indigenous, folkloric, ballet, and modern dance practices in works choreographed by national and international dancers with different racial and social backgrounds. The book contends that these mestizo modernist dance practices challenged assumptions about racial neutrality with which whiteness historically established its ostensible supremacy in constructing Mexico's 'transnational nationalisms'. This argument holds that notions of the nation-state and national identities are not produced exclusively by a nation's natives but also by historical transnational forces and (dancing) bodies whose influences shape local politics, economic interests, and artistic practices.

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0197622550

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Euphoria

By: Luis Reynoso

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Euphoria

By: Luis Reynoso

Yahwehche is a prophet and the brother of Jesus Christ, who comes to poverty-stricken Haiti with a message of peace and redemption for all mankind. He quickly gathers a devoted following as he ministers to the poor and heals the sick. But just as rapidly, he attracts the censorious attention of the ruthlessly faithless, who persecute and torture Yahwehche when they cannot use his gifts to fuel their own ambitions. Yet Yahwehche, the celestially-radiant being who can withstand every degradation imposed by man, is unable to resist the charms of the seductive prostitute Maria Magdalena. After enduring torture at the hands of the powerful in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic and surviving a howling hurricane, he goes with Maria to a secluded village for physical recuperation and spiritual renewal. But instead, he is intoxicated by their carnal relationship, which causes him to forget the promises made to his disciples and abandon his heavenly mission. Euphoria is a mesmerizing contemporary parable written in luminous prose that depicts a would-be savior's fall from grace. Author Luis Reynoso evokes the inland setting of his story in a way that captures the cultural diversity, political cynicism and hopeful spirit of the people.

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0595277314

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In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

By: Luis Reynoso

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In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

By: Luis Reynoso

In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans is a collection of short stories based on actual events, historical figures, and personalities that illustrate the colorful culture and unforgettable landscape that surrounds The Dominican Republic. In his second work of fiction, Luis Reynoso shares his talent for creating an eclectic group of characters that each shares a compelling story. In the first tale, Seor Camilo is a quirky old man who chooses an antique wheelchair over one that can fly and opts out of a lonely life for the company of three women who ultimately send him on an outrageous trip out of the only world he has ever known. In another story, Amado Pueblas stares into a bottle of rum while facing a cancer diagnosis and realizes he is destined to become the thing he fears the most. While a superstitious elderly woman makes a pilgrimage to save her granddaughters life and inspires an entire nation in the process, a son recounts his fathers youthful years during the last days of his life. In this eclectic collection, Luis Reynoso speaks with an original voice through each tale that will prove endearing to all who love a short story.

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1450247830

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Mex-Ciné

Mexican Filmmaking, Production, and Consumption in the Twenty-first Century

By: Frederick Luis Aldama

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Mex-Ciné

Mexican Filmmaking, Production, and Consumption in the Twenty-first Century

By: Frederick Luis Aldama

Mex-Cinéoffers an accessibly written, multidisciplinary investigation of contemporary Mexican cinema that combines industrial, technical, and sociopolitical analysis with analyses of modes of reception through cognitive theory. Mex-Cinéaims to make visible the twenty-first century Mexican film industry, its blueprints, and the cognitive and emotive faculties involved in making and consuming its corpus. A sustained, free-flowing book-length meditation, Mex-Ciné enriches our understanding of the way contemporary Mexican directors use specific technical devices, structures, and characterizations in making films in ways that guide the perceptual, emotive, and cognitive faculties of their ideal audiences, while providing the historical contexts in which these films are made and consumed.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472029126

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9780472029129

Outsourcing and Service Work in the New Economy

The Case of Call Centres in Mexico City

By: José-Luis Álvarez-Galván

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Outsourcing and Service Work in the New Economy

The Case of Call Centres in Mexico City

By: José-Luis Álvarez-Galván

This book examines the impact of outsourcing on workers and their employment conditions in the new economy. To do so, the call centre industry in Mexico City is analysed through a large number of in-depth interviews with workers and managers, available statistics and visits to leading firms in the sector. The case of call centres is paradigmatic as it is often seen as a flag-ship industry of the new economy, rapidly growing and subject to high pressures for costs reduction. The Mexican experience is crucially relevant to understand employment conditions in a weak institutional setting where labour protection is low and business competition intense. Overall, outsourcing has gained popularity as a mechanism to deal with the uncertainty of increasingly challenging business environments. Nonetheless, the practice of outsourcing also raises important concerns. This book identifies those managerial practices which have a substantial impact on workers and their employment conditions such as: job designs; customer segmentation; non-standard contracts; intensified supervision; union avoidance; limited career opportunities; and strict social divisions in the workplace. These findings also suggest that a number of practices that were common in the ‘old’ economy are still dominant in the organisation of work in the twenty-first century. The book is a useful reference for scholars and students concerned with employment and labour studies, economic development, and globalisation.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443838179

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9781443838177

Made in Mexico

Hollywood South of the Border

By: Luis I. Reyes

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Made in Mexico

Hollywood South of the Border

By: Luis I. Reyes

For more than a century, directors from both sides of the border have chosen Mexico as the location to create their cinematic art, leaving an indelible imprint on the imaginations of moviegoers and filmmakers worldwide. Now, for the first time, Made in Mexico: Hollywood South of the Border presents a comprehensive examination of more than one hundred Hollywood theatrical feature films made in Mexico between 1914 and the present day. Lavishly illustrated throughout, Made in Mexico examines how Hollywood films depicted Mexico and how Mexico represented itself in relation to the films shot on location. It pulls back the curtain on how Hollywood filmmakers influenced Mexican films and Mexican filmmakers influenced Hollywood. Listed chronologically and featuring cast, credits, synopsis, and contemporary reviews along with a production history for each entry, this book highlights the concept of “crossing borders ” in which artists from both nations collaborated with one another. Made in Mexico also provides a brief historical perspective on the aesthetics, economics, and politics of the film industries in each country, giving readers a glimpse of the external forces at play in the production of these films. With motion pictures permeating the cultural and historical landscape of both Mexico and the United States, this compulsively readable compendium demonstrates the far-reaching influences of the featured films on the popular culture of both nations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493082744

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Dancing Mestizo Modernisms

Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico

By: Jose Luis Reynoso

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Choreographing Postcolonial and Postrevolutionary Mexico

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The Dominican Republic and the Beginning of a Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean

1861-1898

By: Luis Alvarez López

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The Dominican Republic and the Beginning of a Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean

1861-1898

By: Luis Alvarez López

In this book, _lvarez-L-pez details the history of revolution in the Dominican Republic, which was an infant independent nation struggling to preserve its political independence from Haiti and from the expansionist policies of northern European countries and the United States. In 1861, the Dominican Republic was annexed to Spain. The Spanish empire expansionist policy sought to preserve Cuba and Puerto Rico, and the acquisition of the Dominican Republic strengthened Spain's hold on the Antilles Empire. Spain's policies strengthened the political objectives of the Dominican ruling class, which were political stability and control of the political power under a Caucasian empire. While both these objectives were achieved, the new colonial experiment was a total failure. The exclusion of the native ruling class, over taxation, economic exploitation, coercive imposition of the Catholic Church customs, prejudice against blacks and mulattos led to war, ending with the defeat of the Spanish Empire. This defeat opened a revolutionary cycle in the Spanish Caribbean.

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University Press of America

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0761847146

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9780761847144

Theatre of the Sphere

The Vibrant Being

By: Luis Valdez

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Theatre of the Sphere

The Vibrant Being

By: Luis Valdez

Theatre of the Sphere is Luis Valdez’s exploration of the principles that underlie his innovations as a playwright, teacher, and theatrical innovator. He discusses the unique aesthetic, more than five decades in the making, that defines the work of his group El Teatro Campesino—from shows staged on the backs of flatbed trucks by the participants in the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s to international megahits like Zoot Suit. Opening with a history of El Teatro Campesino, rich with Valdez’s insights and remembrances, the book’s first part provides context for the development of the Theatre of the Sphere acting method. The second part delivers the conceptual framework for Valdez’s acting theory and practice, situating it in Mayan mathematics and metaphysics. The third part of the book applies this methodology to describe the "viente pasos," the 20-element exercise sequence that comprises the core practice of El Teatro Campesino—strengthening the body, balance, precision, and flexibility but also leadership, collaboration, observation, vulnerability, trust, and expression of passion; of consciousness of time, place, self, community, language, and belief; of honour, faith, morality, and commitment. The book concludes with the full text of Valdez’s poem, "El Buen Actor/El Mal Actor," and a comprehensive bibliography for further study. This is a vital and indispensable text for today’s actor, as well as scholars and students of contemporary theatre, American and Chicano performance, and the process of theatre-making, actor training, and community performance.

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Routledge

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1000398676

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9781000398670

Ontology

Study of the Being and Its Transcendental Faculties

By: Jorge Luis Bazán Morante

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Ontology

Study of the Being and Its Transcendental Faculties

By: Jorge Luis Bazán Morante

There may be a time in life when we question ourselves about the existence of a being responsible for the creation, and we feel motivated to ask questions about our existence and its purpose. Who are we? Where do we come from? Does God really exist? What is the soul and how is it different from the spirit? What is reincarnation? Is it possible? What do we have to do to be happy? How can we overcome suffering? What are the virtues and its usage? Is it important to know the answer to these and other questions, queries that the human being has tried to answer for a long time. Here, we offer reasoning about the answers to these and other interrogatives. This book is a guide to facilitate the understanding of life challenges and, hence, to live better and happier by developing our soul to grow in love. The explanation here within is based on a research using a logical process, complemented with information obtained throughout the history of humanity as well as self-experiences. We invite the reader to introduce himself into this subject and to answer his questions to satisfy his metaphysic-psychological needs. There are endless publications on this subject; books like this one, which only targets to provide help and that, equally to this one, they only have the humble interest on achieving human well-being and happiness. We hope that you enjoy it and that you find in it a path to improve your life and the life of those that surround you.

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1506509169

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1920-2000 ¡el Pastel! Parte Dos

En un Solo Libro, Ocho déCadas Del NarcotráFico en MéXico con Declaraciones Ministeriales y Testimonios de Algunos de Sus Protagonistas. Rigurosa RecopilacióN de Las Complicidades PolíTicas, Militares y PolicíAcas con Los Fundadores de Los CáRteles de Gua

By: Jos Luis Garc a. Cabrera,José Luis GarcíA Cabrera

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1920-2000 ¡el Pastel! Parte Dos

By: Jos Luis Garc a. Cabrera,José Luis GarcíA Cabrera

Pedro Avilés Pérez, Jaime Herrera Nevarez, Juan N. Guerra, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Manuel Salcido Uzeta, Pablo Acosta Villarreal, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, Gilberto Ontiveros Lucero, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Joaquín Loera Guzmán, los hermanos Arellano Félix, los hermanos Quintero Payán, Alberto Sicilia Falcón, Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, Rafael Muñoz Talavera, Juan García Ábrego, Casimiro Campos Espinosa, Luis Medrano García, José Alonso Pérez de la Rosa, Óscar Malherbe, Oliverio Chávez Araujo, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, Baldomero Medina Garza, Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Carlos Enrique Lehder, Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vázquez, Roberto Suárez Gómez, Luis Malpartida, Carlos Langbert, Reynaldo Rodríguez López, los hermanos Rodríguez Orejuela, entre muchos otros, son los principales protagonistas de esta novela político-policiaca. Aunque durante sus respectivos juicios se evitó hablar de sus poderosos e influyentes cómplices, al final salieron a relucir los nombres de los políticos, militares y policías como: Miguel Alemán Valdés, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, Mario Moya Palencia, Manuel Bartlett Díaz, Miguel Nazar Haro, José Antonio Zorilla Pérez, Rafael Chao López, Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, Florentino Ventura Gutiérrez, Miguel Aldana Ibarra, Manuel Ibarra Herrera, Carlos Aguilar Garza, Guillermo González Calderoni, Emilio Martínez Manautou, Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, Leopoldo Sánchez Celis, Antonio Toledo Corro, Enrique Álvarez del Castillo, óscar Flores Sánchez, Javier Coello Trejo, Rodolfo León Aragón, Raúl Salinas de Gortari, Jorge Carpizo, Juan Arévalo Gardoqui, Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, Arturo Durazo Moreno, Francisco Sahagún Baca, y de muchísimos personajes más. De los expedientes de estas historias, el periodista y escritor José Luis García Cabrera formó la trama de esta su quinta novela: 1920-2000 ¡El Pastel!, un documento apegado a la dura y terrible realidad del tráfico de drogas en México.

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1463337019

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Historia general de México.

Versión 2000

By: Daniel Cosío Villegas,Bernardo García Martínez,José Luis Lorenzo,Ignacio Bernal,Pedro Carrasco,Andrés Lira,Enrique Florescano,Jorge Alberto Manrique,Luis Villoro,Josefina Zoraida Vázquez,Maria Lilia Díaz Lopez,Luis González,José Luis Martínez,Berta Ulloa,Lorenzo Meyer,Carlos Monsiváis

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Historia general de México.

Versión 2000

La presente Versión 2000 es una nueva edición de la Historia general de México, preparada por el Centro de Estudios Históricos de El Colegio de México. En esta ocasión se incorporan, por primera vez desde la aparición original de la obra en 1976, varios cambios importantes, entre los que destacan la sustitución de algunos capítulos y la revisión y actualización de otros. Los capítulos sustituidos o renovados profundamente incluyen una amplia variedad de temas: las regiones de México, la prehistoria, el mundo mexica, el siglo XVI, el siglo XVIII, las primeras décadas del México independiente, la cultura mexicana del siglo XIX y la política y economía del México contemporáneo. Los capitulos correspondientes a estas temáticas han sido reescritos o modificados por autores que figuraban ya en la edición original: Bernardo García Martínez, José Luis Lorenzo, Pedro Carrasco, Enrique Florescano, Josefina Z. Vázquez, José Luis Martínez y Lorenzo Meyer.

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El Colegio de Mexico AC

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6076281804

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9786076281802

Forsaken Harvest

Haciendas and Agrarian Reform in Jalisco, Mexico: 1915–1940

By: Luis G. Cueva

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Forsaken Harvest

Haciendas and Agrarian Reform in Jalisco, Mexico: 1915–1940

By: Luis G. Cueva

This historical monograph examines the decline of the hacienda estates within Jalisco, Mexico, during the early decades of the twentieth century. The book also explores the impact of the land reform program of President Lázaro Cárdenas in transforming the agrarian economic structure of the region. This study contributes to an ongoing lively debate about the hacienda system and the meaning of Cárdenas’s reforms. This is an important work because it explores the evolution of a regional socioeconomic system that promoted urban industrial growth at the expense of the rural poor. The model of regional development described is applicable to other areas of Mexico and underdeveloped Third World nations with extensive peasant populations. The research for this investigation has wider implications regarding issues of global hunger and malnutrition.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796015946

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In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

By: Luis Reynoso

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In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

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Hispanics in Hollywood

A Celebration of 100 Years in Film and Television

By: Luis Reyes,Peter Rubie

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Hispanics in Hollywood

A Celebration of 100 Years in Film and Television

By: Luis Reyes,Peter Rubie

From the early passions of the 'Latin Lover of the silver screen', to the adventures of modem-day heroes such as Antonio Banderas, this is an illuminating voyage into the careers and contributions of some of film history's most legendary performers. The book is a fascinating Who's Who of superstars, including Jennifer Lopez, Andy Garcia, Salma Hayek, Cameron Diaz, Freddie Prinze Jr, Jimmy Smits, John Leguizamo, Penelope Cruz and many more. The book gives readers not an entertaining but also an important record of Hispanic contributions to the greatest art form of the twentieth century. Some 400 films and television shows from the past years are listed with credits, synopses, production information relating to Hispanic stars and their contributions, as well as critical commentary. Contains an alphabetical listing of Hispanic/Latino actors, actresses, directors, producers and other behind-the-scenes people, together with their biographies. The book is beautifully illustrated with black-and-white photographs' selected from co-author Luis Reyes' personal collection.

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Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC

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1580650252

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Mex-Ciné

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Outsourcing and Service Work in the New Economy

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Made in Mexico

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The Dominican Republic and the Beginning of a Revolutionary Cycle in the Spanish Caribbean

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Theatre of the Sphere

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1920-2000 ¡el Pastel! Parte Dos

1920-2000 ¡el Pastel! Parte Dos

Historia general de México.

Historia general de México.

Forsaken Harvest

Forsaken Harvest

In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

In the Land of the Hustlers, Caudillos, and Charlatans

Hispanics in Hollywood

Hispanics in Hollywood

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