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The first in a series, this collection of essays addresses the role of documentary film in negotiations of national identity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Twenty essays by scholars from Latin America, the USA, and Europe analyze narrations of nation in this genre, focusing on documentary film as a political medium, representations of the margins of the nation, postmodern documentary aesthetics, the function of documentaries in terms of cultural memory, and recent revisions of documentary film history. In a concluding section, four renowned filmmakers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and...

Suspensiones de la percepción analiza la naturaleza paradójica de la atención en la cultura moderna, en tanto ha constituido tanto una condición fundamental de la libertad individual, la creatividad y la experiencia, cuanto un elemento central para el funcionamiento eficiente de las instituciones y de la economía. El autor sostiene que nuestra manera de contemplar y escuchar al otro es el resultado de un cambio crucial que se produjo en la naturaleza de la percepción en la segunda mitad del siglo diecinueve.

Now available again, this lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information, and insight into Picasso's artistic development. What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on 20th-century art. Color reproductions of Picasso's masterpieces are...

En tres capítulos del libro se trata de los principios semióticos del estudio teatral y, a través de varias escuelas (desde Stanislavsky hasta el Método de Cali) nos lleva a la aplicación del análisis a la obra "El Zapato" del dramaturgo guatemalteco Carlos Solórzano.