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Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media
ISBN: 9780814757369 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With images of Jennifer Lopez's butt and America Ferrera's smile saturating national and global culture, Latina bodies have become an ubiquitous presence. Dangerous Curves traces the visibility of the Latina body in the media and popular culture by analyzing a broad range of popular media including news, media gossip, movies, television news, and online audience discussions. Isabel Molina-Guzman maps the ways in which the Latina body is gendered, sexualized, and racialized within the United States media using a series of fascinating case studies. The book examines tabloid... With images of Jennifer Lopez's butt and America Ferrera's smile saturating national and global culture, Latina bodies have become an ubiquitous pr... |
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132,46 |
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What's It Like?: A Day in the Life of a 'Clinton' Soldier
ISBN: 9781438984797 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is a Journal of daily activities of United States Army life within the confines of a secure military installation, within a volitile and hostile environment. The Journal portrays a soldier of low rank, living out his days in sway to the activities of the larger mission and unit environment. Mainly, the manuscript is in it's raw form remains intact within the finished product, portraying in exactness, the attitudes and compellations of the author and those around him.unpolished except for corrections in spelling and grammar.
The book is a Journal of daily activities of United States Army life within the confines of a secure military installation, within a volitile and host...
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102,01 |
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What's It Like?: A Day in the Life of a 'Clinton' Soldier
ISBN: 9781438984803 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is a Journal of daily activities of United States Army life within the confines of a secure military installation, within a volitile and hostile environment. The Journal portrays a soldier of low rank, living out his days in sway to the activities of the larger mission and unit environment. Mainly, the manuscript is in it's raw form remains intact within the finished product, portraying in exactness, the attitudes and compellations of the author and those around him.unpolished except for corrections in spelling and grammar.
The book is a Journal of daily activities of United States Army life within the confines of a secure military installation, within a volitile and host...
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54,38 |
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Border Culture
ISBN: 9780313358203 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. With "Border Culture," Ilan Stavans has collected essays representative of the tangled experiences and issues central to life between cultures. Divided into two sections, "Border Culture" covers topics essential to better understanding this often misunderstood region and state-of-mind. The first section, "Considerations," culls essays covering socio-economic and political topics illustrating the hyper reality of life and living on "La Frontera."... The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. Wit... |
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284,13 |
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Telenovelas
ISBN: 9780313364921 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drama Excess Men in bee suits Often erroneously compared to soap operas of the United States, outside of the necessary and sometimes fantastical dramatic story arc, however, the "telenovela" differs greatly from U.S. soap operas and have regional and cultural distinctions throughout Latin America. In "Telenovelas," Ilan Stavans has gathered over two-dozen essays covering the "telenovela" for readers to better understand the phenomenon and its myriad layers. Branching off from "radionovelas," the "telenovela" was exported from pre-Castro Cuba during the 1950s. The essays found in... Drama Excess Men in bee suits Often erroneously compared to soap operas of the United States, outside of the necessary and sometimes fantastical... |
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284,13 |
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The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
ISBN: 9780822345558 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldua played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she played an equally vital role in developing an inclusionary, multicultural feminist movement. A versatile author, Anzaldua published...
Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theori...
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431,88 |
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The Gloria Anzaldúa Reader
ISBN: 9780822345640 / Angielski / Miękka / 361 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldua played a major role in shaping contemporary Chicano/a and lesbian/queer theories and identities. As an editor of three anthologies, including the groundbreaking This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, she played an equally vital role in developing an inclusionary, multicultural feminist movement. A versatile author, Anzaldua published...
Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theori...
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112,83 |
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Creating Ourselves: African Americans and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression
ISBN: 9780822345664 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Creating Ourselves" is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino/a American communities. In the introduction, the editors contend that given overlapping histories and interests of the two communities, they should work together to challenge social injustices. Acknowledging that dialogue is a necessary precursor to collaboration, they maintain that African and Latino/a Americans need to cultivate the habit of engaging the other in substantive conversation. Toward that end, they have brought together...
"Creating Ourselves" is a unique effort to lay the cultural and theological groundwork for cross-cultural collaboration between the African and Latino...
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152,13 |
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To the Line of Fire!: Mexican Texans and World War I
ISBN: 9781603441360 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ramirez chronicles the Tejano experience during World War I, from the community's mixed reactions to the war, to the efforts of war-hardened vets to tackle prejudice and discrimination at home.
Ramirez chronicles the Tejano experience during World War I, from the community's mixed reactions to the war, to the efforts of war-hardened vets to t...
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117,74 |
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Women of Yucatán: Thirty Who Dare to Change Their World
ISBN: 9780786445264 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book profiles 30 women who have dared to challenge injustices and dramatically transform their situations. Supplemented by several photographs which bring the stories to life, the book details each woman's accomplishments, why they were motivated to act, and the rewards and obstacles they faced along the way--Provided by publisher.
This book profiles 30 women who have dared to challenge injustices and dramatically transform their situations. Supplemented by several photographs wh...
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166,12 |
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The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
ISBN: 9781438921204 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people, yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse? What gives a child the courage to face daily humiliation, pain, and suffering? The damage for many children is beyond repair, and often opens up a lifetime of heartache and shame. As a child, Al Rivera endured the daily verbal and physical abuse of the one person who should have showered him with love: his mother, and from foster parents who took her place in raising him until he was eighteen. Despite daily abuse, however, Al Rivera faced each new day with a smile and with the...
Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people, yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse? What gives a child the courage to ...
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61,99 |
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The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
ISBN: 9781438921211 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people, yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse? What gives a child the courage to face daily humiliation, pain, and suffering? The damage for many children is beyond repair, and often opens up a lifetime of heartache and shame. As a child, Al Rivera endured the daily verbal and physical abuse of the one person who should have showered him with love: his mother, and from foster parents who took her place in raising him until he was eighteen. Despite daily abuse, however, Al Rivera faced each new day with a smile and with the...
Child abuse is beyond the realm of reasonable people, yet it happens far too often. How does a child process abuse? What gives a child the courage to ...
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90,01 |
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Hispanic Confederates. Third Edition
ISBN: 9780806352305 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although it is not generally acknowledged, a number of soldiers of Hispanic ancestry fought on behalf of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. As John O'Donnell-Rosales explains in the Introduction to the new Third Edition of his ground-breaking list of Hispanic Confederate soldiers, many of these individuals--including businessmen and sailors living in cities like New Orleans, St. Louis, Natchez, Biloxi, and Mobile--would have to choose between their cultural aversion to American slavery and the natural desire to protect their way of life in the South. After consulting a number of...
Although it is not generally acknowledged, a number of soldiers of Hispanic ancestry fought on behalf of the Confederacy during the American Civil War...
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127,00 |
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Sico-Teo Terapia: Integral en Adicciones
ISBN: 9781438996936 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alcance La Libertad Sico-Teo Terapia Integral en Adicciones "La Victoria Que Dios Me Dio," ofrece un punto de vista y metodologia para lograr una vida limpia y sana, ciento por ciento, sin la necesidad del uso de estupefacientes o adquirir otras adicciones. Muchas veces podemos estar bien con nuestra fe laica, pero nuestros pensamientos sufren de tentaciones enraizadas con traumas psicologicos, mitos, leyendas, debilidades, ataduras, habitos culturales, miedos o temores. Estos problemas existen por todas esas experiencias vividas en nuestra infancia o ninez, hasta nuestra edad actual. Como?...
Alcance La Libertad Sico-Teo Terapia Integral en Adicciones "La Victoria Que Dios Me Dio," ofrece un punto de vista y metodologia para lograr una vid...
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103,77 |
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Desde el Barrio al Exito
ISBN: 9780982220658 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Renteria, CEO of Pro Wash USA, presents cunning and pragmatic advice to help others escape poverty and find their way to success, in this Spanish edition.
Renteria, CEO of Pro Wash USA, presents cunning and pragmatic advice to help others escape poverty and find their way to success, in this Spanish edit...
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75,79 |
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Curandero Conversations: El Niño Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands
ISBN: 9781449000882 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College."
"The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College."
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92,94 |
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Curandero Conversations: El Niño Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands
ISBN: 9781449000899 / Angielski / Twarda / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College."
"The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College."
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140,56 |
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Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian
ISBN: 9781449027858 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They came by the boat loads to find a better life in the 1930s, but found loneliness and despair during the depression and WWII years. Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian emotionally reflects through verse one woman's journey from a Puerto Rican small town to one of the largest cities in America, New York City. The Spanish poems particularly express her love for her homeland, while the English prose reflect her loneliness and lack of companionship to encountering hope through poetic solace and joy with the family she nurtured throughout her 100 years.
They came by the boat loads to find a better life in the 1930s, but found loneliness and despair during the depression and WWII years. Revering, Remin...
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49,84 |
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Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian
ISBN: 9781449027872 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They came by the boat loads to find a better life in the 1930s, but found loneliness and despair during the depression and WWII years. Revering, Reminiscing, Recordando: Bilingual Muses of a Centenarian emotionally reflects through verse one woman's journey from a Puerto Rican small town to one of the largest cities in America, New York City. The Spanish poems particularly express her love for her homeland, while the English prose reflect her loneliness and lack of companionship to encountering hope through poetic solace and joy with the family she nurtured throughout her 100 years.
They came by the boat loads to find a better life in the 1930s, but found loneliness and despair during the depression and WWII years. Revering, Remin...
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97,47 |
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Ale y su Estrellita
ISBN: 9781449022174 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Esta pequena obra, dirigida a ninos y ninas, es la inspiracion de un sentimiento personal acerca de la estrecha relacion que existe entre la madre e hijos. Usando como medio el dialogo y la astronomia, hago homenaje a las mamas que han quedado como ser unico y responsable de hacerles crecer. No es mi intencion de minimizar la importancia del padre, sino solo enfatizar que en estos casos, el amor de madre exige enormes responsabilidades. Tambien es mi proposito de hacer honor a la estrellita de mi imaginacion, la petite Ale, quien fue mi inspiracion para entablar este dialogo.
Esta pequena obra, dirigida a ninos y ninas, es la inspiracion de un sentimiento personal acerca de la estrecha relacion que existe entre la madre e h...
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120,15 |
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