La industria del sexo en Quito

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

"A regional study of indigenous resistance to Spanish colonialism during the 16th-18th centuries, based on archival research, oral history, and secondary literature. The protagonists of the story include the Embera, the Burumia, the Tule, and the Carauta, who all lived near the Atrato river. Data on parcialidades, encomenderos, and population are presented in tables. Several maps illustrate the text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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...

Historia de la Tristeza narra la vida de cinco mujeres que luchan por sobrevivir al desplazamiento y a la pérdida de identidad, después de dejar a sus espaldas lo que alguna vez fueron y amaron. Todas han vivido en carne propia diferentes tipos de agresión: política, social y doméstica. Lo conocido ha sido disgregado, los vínculos se han roto y, en ese caótico deambular en medio del dolor, los personajes indeleblemente buscan un nuevo hogar, la permanencia de nuevas raíces, un nuevo renacer. Son las víctimas de La Violencia que ha azotado a Colombia desde la década de los años...