The Ties That Bind comprises the first collection of critical essays that explore the family system in Spanish and Latin American culture. This thought-provoking volume addresses the intersection of language, narrative structure, social reality, and family dynamics through examples from a diverse range of literary works, including Cervantes Don Quijote, Reinaldo Arenas Celestino antes del alba, and the Chicano film My Family/Mi Familia. Issues of feminism, gender and sexuality, abuse, trauma, and communication take the forefront in this ground-breaking book, which takes psychological literary criticism a step beyond traditional psychoanalytical approaches.
Cross-cultural Approach To Advanced Spanish Puntos de encuentro: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Advanced Spanish is an innovative task- and content-based textbook that rethinks advanced Spanish instruction. Based on research on second language acquisition in the classroom, it combines language-as-discourse instruction with content-based learning. This text emphasizes the analysis of spoken and written texts drawn from…
Workbook/laboratory Manual For Punto Y Aparte: Expanded Edition Punto y aparte: Expanded Edition moves your students beyond learning about the Spanish language to actually using their Spanish in natural, meaningful contexts. With Punto y aparte: Expanded Edition students develop more confidence for communication and begin to think critically about language and culture. This is achieved by focusing on…
Día Alegre De Lolo Jojo Playful Day - El día alegre de Lolo Children's book in Spanish-English (Bilingual Edition) If you wish to talk to your children about eating, then this book (Spanish - English) can help you!Jojo might just inspire fussy eaters to finish up their food!This cute book tells the story of…
Los Olvidados Los olvidados se estrenó en el Cinema México de México D.F. el 9 de noviembre de 1950, y provocó un rechazo casi unánime de crítica y público, por lo que –en este primer estreno– fue retirada a los cuatro días. Oscar Dancigers –el productor y amigo de Buñuel– no se…
Chicano Cinema Chicano Cinema: Research, Reviews, and Resources is the first book dedicated to the subject of both Chicano cinema and the depiction of Chicanos and other Latinos in U.S. and Mexican films. Contributors to the volume include Jesus Salvador Trevino. Sylvia Morales, David R. Maciel, Alejandro Morales, Carlos Cortes, and other…
Receptions Of Antiquity This volume presents a series of papers which cover the general theme of the reception of antiquity, a topic which has in recent years become a discipline in itself, or what some might call a cross-discipline. Indeed the Nachleben of the (culture of) classical antiquity, and of antiquity as a…
