Seniloquium

The first in a series, this collection of essays addresses the role of documentary film in negotiations of national identity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Twenty essays by scholars from Latin America, the USA, and Europe analyze narrations of nation in this genre, focusing on documentary film as a political medium, representations of the margins of the nation, postmodern documentary aesthetics, the function of documentaries in terms of cultural memory, and recent revisions of documentary film history. In a concluding section, four renowned filmmakers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and...

Este libro proporciona la base teórica y las herramientas prácticas para abordar el análisis de textos en lengua española a partir de presupuestos teóricos procedentes de la Lingüística del texto, enriquecidos con las aportaciones de la Pragmática y la Lingüística cognitiva. Es un manual de nivel universitario, aunque también puede ser útil como obra de referencia para los profesores de enseñanza media y de español como lengua extranjera.

Written by a well-known artist and best-selling art-instruction author with almost rock-star popularity in the contemporary world of representational art, Beginning Drawing Atelier, with its unique workbook/sketchbook approach, and high-quality paper, offers a comprehensive and contemporary twist on traditional Atelier art instruction practices. Atelier education is centered on the belief that working in a studio, not sitting in the lecture hall, is the best place to learn about art. Every artist needs to learn basic drawing skills. In this elegant and inspiring workbook, master contemporary...

Marvel Studio’s Captain Marvel follows the adventures of Carol Danvers, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, as she becomes one of the galaxy’s most powerful heroes in a story that spans across deep space to 1990s America. Includes interviews with Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jude Law (Yon-Rogg), Ben Mendelsohn (Talos), the movie’s directors, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and other key members of the cast and crew. Featuring interviews with the production designers, stunt people and costume department, this volume includes stunning behind-the-scenes ...