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Este libro estudia el género de las adivinanzas desde dos miradas –la española y la mexicana– representaciones de dos tradiciones hispánicas, mostrando lo que las acerca y lo que las aleja, las semejanzas y las diferencias, en sus variantes, en su temática, en su léxico, en su estilo, en su métrica o en su estructura. Estas dos tradiciones se han armonizado a través de los siglos, como testimonio de un encuentro que ha resultado afortunado y que es muestra de la riqueza y versatilidad de un patrimonio cultural, más allá de los límites temporales y espaciales. Si en España es...

The classic and still powerful novel of a tragic people caught in the tail wind of a civilization both alien and hostile to them, from the first winner of the Mexican National Award in Literature.From their stick-and-mud village far up the mountains, the Indians can look across the wide Mexico that was once theirs and look down upon the houses and fields where they now do enforced labor for the mestizos and whites. Once proud and powerful, the tribe has added their conquerors to the natural perils of forest and jungle, famine and plague, as evils against which they and their witchcraft are...

This book explores the most recent critical and theoretical approaches in the field of Chicano studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions go back to the 4th International Conference on Chicano Literature which took place in Sevilla in May 2004. They deal with a wide variety of topics and approach the subject from diverse viewpoints. Some examine specific literary texts by major Chicano authors from feminist, comparative and close-reading approaches, others discuss ideological and cultural issues like folklore, ethnicity, identity, sexuality or stereotypes, while yet...