My student wrote an essay on Bodas de sangre as anti-tragedy and it was great. I then discovered there is a book by George Steiner on this matter and another very interesting one by Ekbert Faas. I never thought I was interested in theatre as a genre but I think that many of the decisions … More On tragedy
There are so many teaching guides on this, the students love the film, and you can have them read part of the book. I think I will start using all of this in a systematic way although it is not my personal favorite. They can learn to map the story, summarize, do a character sketch, … More Diarios de motocicleta
I’d like to read this McGuigan book, but I do not want to buy it, and we do not have it, and the next university only has it in e-format, and only for its own faculty and students, so the following university is the place. Note that that university is also the richest. Don’t let … More Neoliberal culture
I keep not doing all I hope to, but I do hope to go and get this book from the library, Freedom Time. Axé.
They will send me a desk copy! Axé.
This is his current blog, and I think we should invite him. Axé.
…because they are just too tattered, they are depressing me. They are wonderful and epoch-making as well, and I hate to let them go since they are like limbs. They are: New German Critique 22 (Winter 1981), special issue on Modernism. Articles by Habermas, Giddens, Bürger, Huyssen, Nägele, Bainard Cowan, Michael Ryan, more. Revista Iberoamericana … More Books and journals going now
They have a first-year textbook called Contraseña, a conversation-through-film book called Más que hablar, and a culture book called Así es Latinoamérica. ALL of this is digital and the first-year book is the Rossomondo/Lord text I have been waiting for. Axé.
There are at least four books with this title, and more that address some aspect of the idea that neoliberalism has a culture, and that we are in it. Jeremy Gilbert: “What kind of thing is ‘neoliberalism’? This collection of essays explores a range of possible answers to this question, arguing that neoliberalism is a … More Neoliberal culture
Three books: Reframing Latin America Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea I Speak of the City (on CDMEX) I need to get rid of books, not acquire them, but I want these. I do wish we had a meaningful library. For tatteredness, not uselessness, I am recycling Tristes Tropiques, Appleby’s The Music … More Quiero
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