Mexican State of Mind. New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture, Paperback - Melissa Castillo Planas

DescriptionA Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture explores the cultural and creative lives of the largely young ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bonnie J. Morris2018 Over the Rainbow Selection, presented by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GL...

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Applying a much needed intersectional approach, Melissa Fuster shows that nutritionists and eaters often misrepresent, and even racialize or pathol...

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Reducere. In A Philosophical Defense of Culture, Shuchen Xiang draws on the Confucian philosophy of culture and Ernst Cassirer's philosophy of symbolic forms...

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Reducere. Argues that philosophical reflection today must include the findings of depth psychology and the critical study of non-ordinary states of conscious...

DescriptionExploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan,...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

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In villages scattered across the northern reaches of Spain's New World empire, remote from each other and from the centers of power, family mattere...

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DescriptionA vivid coming-of-age tale set in a big Nigerian city about a young man trying to make his way as a journalist and band leader in the bi...

Reducere. This volume offers the most complete English translation to date of the prose and poetry of José María Heredia (b. Cuba, 1803; d. Mexico, 1839), fo...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peimin NiThe Analects of Confucius is arguably the single most influential work of China's cultural heritage. In this new E...

Reducere. Promoting a new, broadly interdisciplinary horizon for future studies in early Greek philosophy, Dirk L. Couprie, Robert Hahn, and Gerard Naddaf es...

Experience a seldom-seen New York City with journalists and NYC natives Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller as they show you the 42 islands in this city...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shannon SullivanWinner of the 2016 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society of Professors of Education Building on h...

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Jason BaileyNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 236 x 283 x 31Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecu...

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Reducere. Rebecca Janzen brings a unique applied understanding of religion to bear on analysis of Mexican cinema from the Golden Age of the 1930s onward. Unh...

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DescriptionAfter presenting a general survey of spiritual practice in the different schools of Indian philosophy, the author focuses on the Trika S...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerald HorneWinner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention)The Mexican Revolution was a defining...

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