Aforismos

The articles included in this collection cover a wide range of literatures and topics, but most of them address the ways in which ethnic writers create themselves in opposition and resistance to the mainstream. These narratives of opposition and resistance do not equate protest narratives but represent a consciously subversive effort. There is agency and creativity in the confrontation, for the majority of the these narratives are not only demystifying an old world and order but creating a new one; there narratives are not reproducing as much as producing and forging culture and literature....

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a thriving area of study in applied linguistics both with regard to research and to practical application. The aim of this electronic book is to give examples of how to bridge the gap between the pedagogical reflections arising in response to the vertiginous development of ICT and its application in such a heterogeneous context as the teaching and learning of languages

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary...

En ningún lugar alcanza el ser humano una presencia visual mayor que en su rostro. Por eso llevamos milenios tratando de descifrarlo a través de imágenes que, no obstante, acaban fracasando en su intento de captar el semblante vivo. El presente volumen conforma la primera historia sobre el tema, con un enfoque en el que se dan cita la Historia del arte, la Antropología, la Psicología o la Neurociencia, entre otras disciplinas. Una historia que comienza con las primeras máscaras de la Prehistoria y termina con los rostros que producen los medios digitales. En las máscaras teatrales y en ...