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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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Rewriting Columbus in the New Latin American Historical Novel
(University of Kansas, 2015-05-31)This work intends to analyze the historical and social relevance of the New Latin American Historical Novel (NLHN) based on the parallel evolution of this literary genre and the new postmodern trends in history. This work ... -
Paraguay and MERCOSUR: The Lesser of Two Evils?
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06)This paper examines Paraguay’s experience with MERCOSUR in terms of its impact on economic growth, trade, investment, industrial competitiveness and income distribution. Of particular interest is MERCOSUR’s impact on the ... -
The Pragmatics of Proverb Performance in Limonese Creole
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Biodiversity Governance: A Tower of Babel of Scales and Cultures
(Public Library of Science, 2015-03-12)The recently created Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), originally focused on multilateral and global issues, is shifting its focus to address local issues and to include in its ... -
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Reviewed Work: Modeling Nature
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1986-11-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Reviewed Work: Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified Theory of Biology
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1987-08-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Reviewed Work: Reproductive Success: Studies of Individual Variation in Contrasting Breeding Systems
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1989-08-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
The Alternative Genealogy of Civil Society and Its Implications for Africa: Notes for Further Research
(CODESRIA, 2004-01-01)Despite its ubiquity in popular and academic discourses, consensus about the epistemological status of the idea of civil society remains elusive. In Africa, the literature is circumscribed by doubts about, first, its ... -
The Economy of Performance: Gómez-peña's New World Border
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El vestido de boda: La problematización de la condición femenina en un monólogo teatral de Emilia Pardo Bazán
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007-09)Para divulgar sus ideas sobre la cuestión femenina, Emilia Pardo Bazán se acercó también a la escena y escribió, entre otras obras, el monólogo teatral El vestido de boda (1898). El género monológico se acopló perfectamente ... -
Double Talk: Asturias's America in Cuculcán
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992-09)There is no abstract available for this work. -
Latino, Eu? The Paradoxical Interplay of Identity in Brazuca Literature
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004-09)With the increase of Brazilian immigration to the United States, the "brazucas" have been questioning their position and inclusion in the Latino community, claiming a distinct identity and a singular voice. After briefly ... -
Between Heaven and Hell: Perceptions of Brazil and the United States in "Brazuca" Literature
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005-12)Brazilian emigration to the United States has increased considerably in the past three decades. Brazilian immigrants have begun using literature, music, and cinema to give expression to their experiences. After quickly ... -
Explorando el papel del intercambio virtual en el desarrollo de la competencia translingüística y transcultural
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009-09)El presente artículo ofrece una exploración de los objetivos propuestos para las instituciones postsecundarias en el informe del 2007 del MLA sobre el futuro del estudio de las lenguas extranjeras en el siglo XXI en los ... -
The Dialectic of the Sign in Claudio Rodríguez's Alianza y Condena
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989-09)There is no abstract available for this work. -
Don Quijote on the Plains: Harnessing Enthusiasm for the "Quijote" at the Undergraduate Level
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005-03)Teaching Miguel de Cervantes's "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" in the undergraduate classroom can pose a myriad of linguistic and contextual challenges for students distanced from the text by the space of ... -
International Funding of Educational Development: External Agendas and Internal Adaptations: The Case of Liberia
(University of Chicago Press, 1989-02)The past quarter century has been a period of tremendous educational growth in developing countries. During the period from 1960 to 1985, primary school enrollments in developing states rose 50 percent, from 60.7 percent ... -
The Expansion of Mass Education in Botswana: Local and World Society Perspectives
(University of Chicago Press, 1993-11)Since the end of the Second World War, the growth of education is notable for several reasons. First, the institutions of mass education have spread to virtually all countries despite vast differences in political, ... -
Public Education as Nation-Building in America: Enrollments and Bureaucratization in the American States, 1870-1930
(University of Chicago Press, 1979-11)Current discussions of the effects of urbanization and industrialization on the bureaucratization of American public education in the later 19th century do not offer effective explanations of the expansion of the educational ...