Latin America – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 8

Rachel Randall

Paid to Care: Domestic Workers in Contemporary Latin American Culture

An insight into the struggles of paid domestic workers in Latin America through an exploration of films, texts, and digital media produced since the 1980s in collaboration with them or inspired by their e…

Latin American Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Bioethics and Disabilities

This book provides a critical analysis of the experiences of people with disabilities in Latin America. It covers a wide range of topics related to intellectual and psychosocial disabilities. Written by L…

Rafael Sánchez,

Reconocimientos

"In Caracas, Rafael Sánchez witnessed a transformative scene that led to his groundbreaking theory of the state. This stunning memoir of the intersection of politics and personal life narrates his rejecti…

Margaret Chowning

Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750-1940

How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life What accounts for the enduring power of the Catholic Church, which withstood widespread and sustained anticlerical oppositio…

Andreas Nöthen

Brasilien

Unser Wissen über Brasilien beschränkt sich oft auf festgetretene Klischees: Strand, Samba, Fußball und leider auch Abholzung des Regenwalds, Gewalt, Korruption und Rassismus. Dabei hat das "Land der Zuku…

Edgardo Pérez Morales

Unraveling Abolition

Unraveling Abolition tells the fascinating story of slaves, former slaves, magistrates and legal workers who fought for emancipation, without armed struggle, from 1781 to 1830. By centering the Colombian …

Allison Powers

Arbitrating Empire

Arbitrating Empire uncovers how ordinary people used arbitral claims commissions to challenge state violence across the United States Empire during the first decades of the twentieth century and why the S…

Minutemen

Double Nickels On The Dime

Latin American Social Work in the Justice System

Social work has long been working directly with the criminal and civil courts of the justice system. The work of Latin American practitioners in the legal system, however, is little known at global and lo…

The Recasting of the Latin American Right

The most comprehensive overview of the reconstruction of the Latin American Right after the left turn, covering the supply and demand of conservative alternatives. It combines qualitative and quantitative…

James Scorer

Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century

How twenty-first-century Latin American comics transgress social, political, and cultural frontiers.

A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture

A COMPANION TO LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE SECOND EDITION Cutting-edge and insightful discussions on Latin American literature and culture This newly revised second edition of A Companion to L…

Jean-Pierre Ruiz

Revelation in the Vernacular

Association of Catholic Publishers 2022 Excellence in Publishing Awards: First Place, Theology Catholic Media Association, Honorable Mention in Theology: Morality, Ethics, Christology, Mariology, and Red…

Human Rights Protection and Ius Puniendi

This book examines human rights and penitentiary law in Central Eastern European and Latin American countries from a comparative perspective. How are penitentiary systems and human rights currently being …

Ana Villarreal

The Two Faces of Fear

In The Two Faces of Fear, Ana Villareal provides an in-depth study of how people live in a high-violence environment, drawing on two years of qualitative fieldwork conducted during a violent turf war in h…

Latin American Viticulture Adaptation to Climate Change

Latin American viticulture faces a wide range of difficulties that include social, political, economic, and productive aspects. Soil diversity, together with the climates in which the viticulture activity…

The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature

This History explores Latin American women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Ernesto Che Guevara

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War

Che Guevara's definitive account of the Cuban revolutionary war, in an updated edition. Includes photos and new foreword by Aleida Guevara—Che's eldest daughter who is a physician. There is no better ac…

Mercedes Sosa - Die Stimme Lateinamerikas

Das Porträt einer großen Musikerin und ein Kapitel lateinamerikanischer Politik: Vilas Film lässt Mercedes Sosas musikalisches Genie, ihre vielschichtige Persönlichkeit und ihre Rolle als Stimme des Volke…