After the Pink Tide

The left-wing Pink Tide movement that swept across Latin America seems now to be overturned, as a new wave of free-market thinkers emerge across the continent. This book analyses the emergence of corporate power within Latin America and the response of egalitarian movements across the continent trying to break open the constraints of the state. Through an ethnographically grounded and localized…

Ovid, Death and Transfiguration

Publikasi akses terbuka dari buku ini telah diterbitkan dengan dukungan dari Swiss National Science Foundation. Kematian, perubahan yang paling mendasar, adalah sebuah Leitmotiv yang tidak terduga dari karir dan penerimaan Ovid. Delapan belas kontribusi yang dikumpulkan dalam volume ini mengeksplorasi tema kematian dan transformasi dalam karir Ovid sendiri dan penerimaan setelah kematiannya, me…

Narratives in Silius Italicus Punica

Studi ini menyelidiki peran narasi yang terintegrasi dalam Punica karya Silius Italicus, sebuah epik dari akhir abad pertama Masehi tentang Perang Punic Kedua (218–202 SM). Pada pandangan pertama, narasi ini tampak 'terintegrasi' dengan agak longgar dalam epik, memiliki alur sendiri dan terletak di waktu atau tempat yang berbeda dari narasi utama. Namun, pengamatan lebih dekat mengungkapkan b…

Sociology in Mexico

This open access book presents a condensed history of Sociology in Mexico from its origins, through to the middle of the 19th century and up to the present day. The book analyses the interaction between sociology and the main economic, political and social change in the country, including the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the main social movements, the role of the intellectual exiles from Spain and …

Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America

This open access book outlines development theory and practice over time as well as critically interrogates the “cultural turn” in development policy in Latin American indigenous communities, specifically, in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It becomes apparent that culturally sustainable development is both a new and old idea, which is simultaneously traditional and modern, and t…

Magazines, Tourism, and Nation-Building in Mexico

This open access book discusses the relationship between periodicals, tourism, and nation-building in Mexico. It enquires into how magazines, a staple form of the promotional apparatus of tourism since its inception, articulated an imaginative geography of Mexico at a time when that industry became a critical means of economic recovery and political stability after the Revolution. Notwithstandi…

A Responsibility to the World: Saramago, Politics, Philosophy

In a 1987 interview, José Saramago eloquently expressed what could be considered his political-philosophical manifesto: “Human beings should not content themselves with the role of mere observers. They bear a responsibility to the world; they must actively engage and intervene.” In 1998 the celebrated writer was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature. So Saramago did not only as a hu…

Sociology in Mexico

This open access book presents a condensed history of Sociology in Mexico from its origins, through to the middle of the 19th century and up to the present day. The book analyses the interaction between sociology and the main economic, political and social change in the country, including the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the main social movements, the role of the intellectual exiles from Spain and …

Translating feminism in China : gender, sexuality and censorship

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Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos

This open access book is a collection of articles based on presentations from the 2020 Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference that gives an overview of conference outcomes. The vision of the conference has been to unite researchers, scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals, patient advocates, and students from across the world to discuss research advancements, id…