wyszukanych pozycji: 2
Maximilian, Mexico, and the Invention of Empire
ISBN: 9780826516886 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In Maximilian, Mexico, and the Invention of Empire, the cultural legacy of the Second Mexican Empire is examined as essential to modern understandings of empire and nation. The Second Empire refers to the brief period (1864-1867) during which Napoleon III sought to consolidate his control in Mexico by installing an Austrian archduke as Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Far from fading into obscurity upon Maximilian's fall and execution, however, the episode has continued to resonate in the cultural imaginary.
That resonance becomes the theme in this book, as the author skillfully... In Maximilian, Mexico, and the Invention of Empire, the cultural legacy of the Second Mexican Empire is examined as essential to modern unders...
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624,87 zł |
The Other Mirror: Women's Narrative in Mexico, 1980-1995
ISBN: 9780313301803 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. During the last decade, women's narrative has become a recognized force in Mexican letters. The essays in this collection explore the recent work of nine contemporary Mexican women writers. Many of the works have been translated into English; some, like Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate," have become international best sellers. The unprecedented commercial success of these novels has generated mixed reactions: at the same time that the secondary status afforded women's narrative has come to be questioned in many academic circles, some authors are dissociating themselves from... During the last decade, women's narrative has become a recognized force in Mexican letters. The essays in this collection explore the recent work o... |
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387,35 zł |