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☯ Full Synopsis : "En el ano 2010 Argentina festejo su Bicentenario, produciendo distintas intervenciones respecto de los modos de rememorar las narraciones historicas y las tradiciones culturales. En ese marco, la Biblioteca Nacional convoco a un concurso de becas de investigacion para proyectos destinados a relevar el fondo patrimonial de la institucion, con relacion a las representaciones y querellas de la nacion. En este libro publicamos tres de los trabajos resultantes de esos proyectos, que articulan la lucida reflexion con la pesquisa erudita. Configuran un modo de conmemorar que comprende la celebracion articulada con la critica y el pensamiento. Al indagar las formas de representar la nacion lo hacen con el cuidado del arqueologo que trata las huellas del pasado y con la pasion del que interroga los nucleos diversos de la identidad nacional.""Article| Josefina Fernández| Statement ..."

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☯ Full Synopsis : "Presentation of the lives and critical works of over 170 women writers in Latin America between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, whose works were originally published in Spanish or Portuguese and who have had an impact on literary, political and social studies. Brief biographical data is included, but the main focus is on the meanings and contexts of the works and their cultural and political impact. In addition to author entries, other themes are explored, such as humor in contemporary Latin American fiction, lesbian literature in Latin America, magic, realism, or mother images in Latin American literature."Article| María Claudia André| Statement ..."

☯ Full Synopsis : "Latin Americans are culturally different from North Americans in ways that so far have been inaccurately portrayed in the management literature. In Culture and Management in the Americas, Alfredo Behrens argues that these differences merit a substantial overhaul of management theory and practice to make the best of the significantly untapped Latin American potential for creativity, innovation, and teamwork. This applies in organizations with North American ownership and management, whether they are based in the U.S. or Latin America. Behrens, a management consultant and academic who has studied, taught, and practiced in South and North America and Europe, explains why the use of traditional North American research methods to capture cultural traits in the multi-cultural workforce is inappropriate. This practice produces a false picture of the cultural attributes and capabilities of Latin American managers and key staff. And this, in turn, leads to serious shortcomings in the development of appropriate motivation and leadership strategies and of appraisal and control instruments. Rather than relying on standardized surveys for measuring cultural attributes to underpin and develop such strategies and tools, the author suggests that managers look to the arts—particularly literature and cinema—for a richer and more useful alternative. He illustrates his points by reference to literary icons such as Argentina's Martin Fierro, Brazil's Macunaima, and America's Captain Ahab. He uses a variety of case studies to demonstrate what we can learn from these iconographic characters and what we can expect of each other when we apply these lessons—whether we are leading, following, or working in self-directed teams. This readable and enjoyable book will be an invaluable, engaging, and practical tool for anyone charged with managing at any level in workforce that combines both North American and Latin American cultures."Article| Alfredo Behrens| Statement ..."

☯ Full Synopsis : "The book studies the relation between the avant-garde and graphic humour in two critical historical periods: the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the early years of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1961). It focuses on the so-called war magazines in Spain on the Republican side (No Veas, Trincheras, and LEsquella de la Torratxa,among others) and the Francoist side (Vértice and La Ametralladora). In the part devoted to Cuba, the analysis covers the newspaper Revolución and the avant-garde humour magazine El Pitirre, which ran simultaneously to the cultural supplement Lunes de Revolución and shared the same fate when Lunes and El Pitirre were closed down in 1961. The book unveils the trajectory of the avant-garde graphic humour in both periods, when the political commitment progressively overshadowed the development of the aesthetic avant-garde. The special socio-political conjuncture posed ideological and aesthetic-conceptual challenges to graphic artists, establishing contact areas and influences between Spain and Cuba."Article| Jorge L. Catalá-Carrasco| Statement ..."

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