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The object of this volume is the study of missionary translation practices which occur within a colonial context of political domination and spiritual conquest. Missionary translation becomes especially manifest in bilingual ethnographic descriptions, in (bilingual) catechisms and in the missionaries' lexicographic condensation of bilingual dictionaries. The study of these instances permits the analysis and interpretation of their guiding principles, their translation practice and underlying reasoning. It also permits the modern linguist to discern semantic changes that can be revealed in...

Este libro sobre El Gatopardo representa en la buena prosa ensayística del autor la unión fervorosa de dos caminos: por una parte asistimos a una íntima y compleja lectura de lo que la película (Palma de Oro en el Festival de Cannes 1963) fue y es: no sólo una obra maestra de Luchino Visconti -acaso su mejor película- sino el nacimiento de un género, que algunos llamarían después "análisis de la decadencia", donde se aúnan la historia, la voluntad comprometida y un refinado y vistoso esteticismo. Por otra parte, y es la parte más atractiva de este ensayo vitalista, Luis Antonio de ...

Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he...

Este libro presenta una metodología fácil y amena para adquirir esta mecánica comprensiva de la acentuación. Los ejercicios se distribuyen en tres niveles de dificultad: vocabulario de uso, específico y contextual.