Señores del Mundo

"Thorough survey of Spanish-affiliated Masonic lodges in Puerto Rico. Treats Freemasonry as a social phenomenon with ideological incursions into religion, politics, colonialism, slavery, education, social assistance, etc. Includes glossary of terms and lists of lodges and members"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Abiayalan Pluriverses: Bridging Indigenous Studies and Hispanic Studies looks for pathways that better connect two often siloed disciplines. This edited collection brings together different disciplinary experiences and perspectives to this objective, weaving together researchers, artists, instructors, and authors who have found ways of bridging Indigenous and Hispanic studies through trans-Indigenous reading methods, intercultural dialogues, and reflections on translation and epistemology. Each chapter brings rich context that bears on some aspect of the Indigenous Americas and its crossroads ...

New volume in important series on Argentinean art. The first to be published since 2005. Covers the middle part of the 20th century with a large section on photography. A basic reference for art from Argentina.

Argentine painter Guillermo Kuitca, born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, is widely considered one of the most important contemporary artists in South America. Architecture, theater, music and cartography play a central role in his work, where maps and blueprints are condensed into a world of poetic and territorial fantasies, and reality and fiction overlap. Whether depicting an "Acoustic Mass" at the Old Vic or a constellation map of "Heaven," in each painting or drawing collected here, Kuitca measures the world anew, shedding light on complex spatial contexts and intertwined social processes. This...