Servidumbres y serventias/ Servitude and Servants

El fracaso del mestizo indaga en el cine mexicano, desde Santa hasta Amores perros, con Los olvidados de por medio , y también en la narrativa, en un recorrido que parte de Al filo del agua y pasa por Pedro Páramo y Balún Canán para llegar a La región más transparente y cuestionar el tema más espinoso de nuestro siglo XX: la identidad. El proyecto cultural del Estado mexicano es así desmontado ladrillo a ladrillo para revelar el fracaso del mestizaje y el rencor del mestizo, acaso su más patente legado en nuestros días.

The need to protect the physical and cultural environment in which we operate is the logical consequence of the dramatic transformations witnessed in recent years due to rapid urban development. This book seeks new ways to understand the natural and historic patrimony, increasing the evidences that we use to define our cultural heritage. The importance of this has been increasing in recent years leading to the creation of legal categories by the "European Landscape Convention". In Toledo, as a result of a peculiar historical evolution that has prevented the existence of large urban change...

This collection provides an in-depth look at some of the most provocative civilizations and religions in history. With photographs, maps, and colored illustrations this text provides an understanding of the politics and culture of ancient civilizations, and the origins of world religions. Con un texto atractivo, mapas, fotgrafías e ilustraciones, esta colección descubre la profunidad de algunos de los espisodios mas transcendentes de la humanidad. Estos libros se adentran en los antiguos politícos y las culturas de Grecia, de Roma y de las civilizaciones precolombianas y descubren con un...

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