Fiestas

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

Two exhibitions that propose a dialogue from diverse perspectives around art, archaeology and the human body. The exhibition "Amerindian Bodies: Art and culture of the corporal modifications" curated by archaeologist Uribe explores the cultural, social and symbolic richness of the corporal interventions amongst the Pre-Columbian societies of Colombia. The interventions in skin, muscles, bone, hair, denture and nails, far from being superfluous, are vital in the construction of the social identity of the people. The exhibition follows the beauty ideals, religious rituals, economic activities,...

These two stories, one poetic in the prosaic and the other prosaic poetic, represent the survival of love and the imposition of the death, including the bridge of life trying to happen in Colombia, where it is only possible to claim recognition in small private stories--Publisher.

Este libro es un esfuerzo por organizar y articular las investigaciones más importantes sobre el desarrollo regional de la violencia de los cincuenta en Colombia, desde la relación entre violencia y Estado. A partir de un estudio detallado de las distintas publicaciones sobre violencia regional y de la revisión del proceso de formación del Estado desde la sociología histórica, la autora muestra que, con base en ciertas condiciones, la violencia política opera como un mecanismo de integración territorial y de articulación de nuevos grupos sociales. El trabajo examina algunos de los...