Gesto, identidad y memoria

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of themanuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor LeoEloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as CarlosMonsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternalrelationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters. The second part of the correspondence airs ...

Obra ricamente ilustrada que describle la influencia de Picasso en los artistas mexicanos durante los primeros años del siglo XX. Con un ensayo introductorio de Xavier Moyssén L.

Garc a Cant es un historiador fuera de lo com n, sus textos van siempre m s all de la mera narraci n o del registro ex nime de los hechos. Son una exploraci n cr tica de la memoria hist rica mexicana; significan el rescate de una tradici n viva, y la puesta en cuesti n de las visiones hist ricas inertes: ni historicismo ni ret rica; Garc a Cant prefiere y practica la literatura pol tica como estilo del historiador.

"Excellent compilation of 18 essays devoted to the Porfiriato. Especially recommended are Marichal on the 1888 debt conversion, Buve on conflict in the countryside, and Leticia Reina on the autonomy of indigenous villages. Major contribution to a re-evaluation of a complex period"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.