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"Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society.

Foster organizes his study around three broad themes: construction of masculinity, constructions of feminine and feminist identities, and same-sex positionings and...

Just as Mexican national life has come to center on the sprawling, dynamic, almost indefinable metropolis of Mexico City, so recent Mexican cinema has focused on the city not merely as a setting for films but almost as a protagonist in its own right, whose conditions both create meaning for and receive meaning from the human lives lived in its midst. Through close readings of fourteen recent critically acclaimed films, this book watches Mexican cinema in this process of producing cultural meaning through its creation, enaction, and interpretation of the idea of Mexico City.

David...

"Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women" is a powerful testimony to the outstanding contributions 72 of the most noteworthy women have made to their fields and to society. This volume covers a broad range of women excelling in the fields of politics, art, religion, government, education, literature, popular culture, and the sciences, with substantial, up-to-date biographical and career overviews. Many notables are international figures, such as former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Cuban Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz, and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Others, such as...

1God.world refocuses God's place in a troubled world. Society needs to appreciate that there is only one God for all people and that God is central to our whole being and all worldly endeavors. No one religion has a monopoly on God. Yet all religions can be enhanced and be more successful once there is an appreciation of only 1 God.

Join author Bryan Foster on his life's journey of discovering God and God's messages, which are so important for us all today. His life was changed so significantly through an experience with God on his 25th birthday that his faith has...

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Viewing contemporary Latin American films through the lens of queer studies reveals that many filmmakers are exploring issues of gender identity and sexual difference, as well as the homophobia that attempts to defeat any challenge to the heterosexual norms of patriarchal culture. In this study of queer issues in Latin American cinema, David William Foster offers highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how these cultural products promote the principles of an antiheterosexist stance while they simultaneously disclose how homophobia enforces the norms of...

1God.world refocuses God's place in a troubled world. Society needs to appreciate that there is only one God and that God is central to our whole being and all worldly endeavors. No one religion has a monopoly on God. Yet all religions can be enhanced and be more successful once there is an appreciation of only 1 God.

Join author Bryan Foster on his life's journey of discovering God and God's messages, which are so important for us all today. His life was changed so significantly through an experience with God on his 25th birthday that his faith has never faulted. It...

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