Conquista y Conversión

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

Esta publicación acoge cuatro temas monográficos sobre el Patrimonio Histórico: “El museo, centro de comunicación”, “Aplicaciones de vidrio plano en la restauración de edificios históricos”, “El patrimonio histórico de la obra pública” y “Restauración de arquitecturas domésticas en el medio rural”.

INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE...

This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA.

Este libro nació como un juego de palabras con el título original de la película "Professione: Reporter" de Michelangelo Antonioni. Nunca he sido reportero, porque se necesita una dosis de audacia y de espíritu aventurero que jamás he tenido. Pero sí me gusta mirar. No la vida en su estado más salvaje, porque terminaría tomando la misma decisión del ciego de la fábula. Me gusta mirar para ser otro. Como el pasajero que interpreta Jack Nicholson. Para borrar mis propias limitaciones y suplantarlas con el paisaje de los sueños. Desde muy niño me han gustado las imposturas. En los...