Utopías Urbanas: Geopolíticas Del Deseo en América Latina

This book is written in Spanish. This book is a study of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere surrounding the Spanish author don Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) during his stay at the Courts of Palermo and Naples (1613-1619) in the service of the Viceroy Duke of Osuna. Attention is paid particularly to his early knowledge of the works of the poet Marino, his role as protector of the Arts, and as intercessor on behalf of the philosopher Campanella. The second part of the book offers a detailed analysis of the author's writings during his Italian and post-Italian years as a result of his...

La extraordinaria abundancia cultural del periodo contemporáneo, de manera especial la riqueza en número y calidad de la creación literaria en nuestra lengua, hace inabordable su estudio completo y pormenorizado, y obliga a concentrarlo en algunos de sus representantes más señalados, que no sólo ofrezcan la máxima excelencia creadora por sí mismos, sino que sean especialmente significativos para el conocimiento del desarrollo de las diversas corrientes estéticas en los distintos géneros, poesía, narrativa y teatro a lo largo del siglo XX y lo que llevamos del XXI. Frente a lo que...

To complement the historical survey, a brief description of the social environment in Los Angeles is included. In addition, a short presentation on how the Spanish printing press and newspapers evolved in America is presented to show how these two processes contributed to the literary and cultural background of this ethnic group.

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...