La familia Otomí-Pame del México central

This edition of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's Relación offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is a fascinating tale of survival against the highest odds, and it highlights Native Americans and their interactions with the newcomers in a manner seldom seen in writings of the period. In this...

Frente a una era plagada de imagenes via satelite, esta obra busca atraer la mirada de un circulo de lectores mas amplio sobre las herencias culturales y recursos escenicos alternativos de Asia y africa. Las creencias, los ritos y las tradiciones de paises aparentemente tan lejanos como Cuba, Brasil, Mexico, Japon, Indonesia, China e India, representan no solo una rica pluralidad de las manifestaciones artisticas, sino ademas significa la posibilidad de generar reacciones en cadena en cuanto a encuentros interculturales se refiere.

La pacificación y la unión política de Europa, como legado del siglo XX y proyecto esencial a la vida en el XXI, es una obra de políticos de inspiración cristiana. Y si Europa ha sido capaz de materializar institucionalmente ese proyecto, es gracias a que esa identidad cristiana era la columna vertebral del actuar de esos políticos, y no una mera adjetivación, o una mención simbólica. Esos políticos recrearon y refundaron Europa porque eran cristianos, y perseguían la justicia social y la paz.

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