Otra logica en America Latina/ Another Logic in Latin America

This book presents a broad panorama of the ideological positions, strategies, and political affiliations of queer and lesbian feminists. It is not designed to meet the minimum requirement of representation for the 'masculine' lesbian and queer feminism from the Spanish state (such a thing does not exist), but rather should be understood as a demonstration of the diversity and plurality of a feminism which is inclusive of its opponents. In this sense, the book is an act, a proof of the intense life of the queer and lesbian feminists here and now, without being compared to any other geographic...

This excellent history of Peru proposes and proves an entirely new thesis on its nineteenth century: the changes in its economy that might have led to a better future were undone by taxes and other demands at the national, provincial and local levels. The failure of Peru owes a good deal to wartime taxes and local tax farming of the countryside. Professor Christine Hunefeldt does for the mundane issue of taxation what she has already done for Peruvian slavery and women’s rights; she writes a new history based on the evolution of a tax structure that changed for the worse over time. This is...

What is a freemasons lodge? What does the square and the compass mean? Arthur Edward Waite was a distinguished freemason and one of the selfless students of esotericism in the beginning of the 20th century. In this book, he clarifies all the main concepts concerning freemasonry from Acacia to Zerubbabel.

El objetivo de esta obra es proporcionar al lector un marco de reflexión para la comprensión crítica del papel de las tecnologías audiovisuales en el mundo contemporáneo. Mirada y visión desde la perspectiva antropológica , la representación de la alteridad y los órdenes culturales, el imaginario social como convención e invención, la construcción del sujeto en las tecnologías de la imagen (fotografía, cine, vídeo, televisión y realidad virtual), y la imagen como producto de consumo, son algunos de los temas tratados en los distintos capítulos, para finalizar con una...