New Perspectives on Arabian Nights

Richly informed by contemporary sociological theory, Manuel de Jesus Hernandez El colonialismo interno en la narrativa chicana distinguishes between the assimilationist and the internal colonialism models of Mexican American society and culture. The author applies the internal colonialism model for the first time to the representation of Chicanos found in their narrative literature. Among the categories of narrative discussed are the espacio pochista, the migrante, and the indigenista. The book is a signal advance in the sociology of Chicano narrative and its application to significant...

"Este es un libro subjetivo. Quizá todos lo sean, pero este, si cabe, lo es más. Responde a la idea de compartir con un público, cuanto más amplio mejor, una serie de sugerencias sobre libros, temáticas y autores que conforman una literatura de calidad, y cuya lectura es una fuente de placer y conocimiento. He elegido la forma de un abecedario porque permite organizar y parcializar la información de un modo ordenado que es, a su vez, aleatorio, lo cual aporta un grado más de sorpresa en la inclusión de las entradas elegidas. Sobre la lectura, ya se ha dicho todo en la historia. Cabe...

This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure – implying the distortion or disappearance of myth – and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology. The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section...

Time is running out. While thousands of teens languish in the camps, Ruby and a group that survived the latest round of attacks gather in the North to plan a rescue mission. They only have one weapon and it's a double-edge sword: proof that the government was behind the plague that killed so many kids. Tensions build when rumors of a possible cure start circulating. Ruby knows the future of her entire generation hangs by a thread and it will only take one false move to make the string break.