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Proponemos al lector desafiarse a sí mismo, ampliar su lupa, pensar las fronteras como solo huellas geopolíticas, espacios mutables en el ámbito de la cultura. Tratar de entender la música como resultado de un largo proceso y que cumple una función en el Imaginario Social y en la Memoria Colectiva, porque solo así podremos entender un poco del Chamamé y su ritualidad. La música, la danza, los rituales, la mitología se nutren, dialogan y responden a lagunas, aunque sea imperceptible a nuestros ojos, todas estas expresiones culturales y comportamientos humanos, dan identidad a los...

This accessible textbook provides a clear introduction to the sounds of Spanish. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, it explains from scratch the fundamentals of phonetics (the study of speech sounds) and phonology (the study of sound systems) and describes in detail the phonetic and phonological characteristics of Spanish as it is spoken in both Spain and Latin America. Topics covered include consonants, vowels, acoustics, stress, syllables, intonation, and aspects of variation within Spanish. Clear comparisons are made between the sounds of Spanish and those of English, and students ...

"Encyclopedic volume with contributions by leading scholars in the field offers a reliable general survey of Latin American colonial painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts. Five introductory chapters discuss socioeconomic background that conditioned artistic production in American colonies, and provide a conceptual framework for the studies that follow. In the second, third, and fourth sections, chapters discuss development of colonial painting, sculpture, and decorative arts, respectively, by country or region. Even though the 402 b/w photographs are not integrated with the texts, they ...

Escrito con ironía, el manual está diseñado para encontrar información sobre el estilo (entendido a veces como "etiqueta") apropiado que deben seguir artistas, galeristas, críticos o simples aficionados, tanto en su conducta pública como en su proceder privado, para triunfar en sus actividades profesionales.