Summary of this number: QUEVEDO AND THE NORTH AMERICAN CRITICISM *Presentation: “Quevedo and the North American criticism”. Julián Olivares STUDIES *“The generic identity of the Buscón: notes on the trajectory of its reception”. Lía Schwartz *“Alternations of Carnival and Lent in Quevedo's Buscón: (Batjin as a bridge between American and Spanish Hispanism”. Julio Vélez-Sáinz *“The
“Exils” directed by Tony Gatlif [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OAPvF5lh3M] “One day, Zano (Romain Duris) proposes a somewhat crazy idea to his partner Naïma (Lubna Azabal): cross France and Spain to end up in Algeria and finally discover the land from which his parents had to flee long ago. Almost out of sheer defiance, with music as
"Crisis? What crisis? Spain in search of its path” edition by Walther L. Bernecker, Diego Íñiguez Hernández, Günther Maihold “The book contains ten of the articles presented and discussed at the International Congress of the same name. This congress was organized in Berlin, during the month of April 2009, at the German Institute for Political
Summary of this issue: CRISIS, CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY *Editorial. Crisis, culture and democracy. José Montelón “WINTER IN SARAJEVO” FESTIVAL/XII IBN ARABÍ FORUM *Speeches and works by Ibrahim Spahic, IITM Foundation, José Montelón, Pablo Beneito, Salem Mekki, David Ladra, Leandro di Donato and Roberto Cerdá *Text from “Don Quixote in Sarajevo ”. Jose Monleon and Roberto
“Skyscrapers of the Midwest” by Joshua W. Cotter “Observing the isolated existence of an adolescent cat, his younger brother and their overactive imaginations in the American Heartland, Skyscrapers of the Midwest serves as an intimate chronicle of their stories of childhood hope, panic and loss. Filled with belligerent cowboys, lumbering automaton deities and wide-open spaces,
“Although it may seem incredible, there was a time when not all men dressed in a clonic way nor did magazines offer interviews with the famous on duty as the main course. One of those men, who also wrote in those magazines, continues to walk the streets of New York today with an original and tailor-made suit.
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Summary of this issue: *The clitic “se” in Spanish and the lexical-conceptual structure. Carlos Benavides *Illusion of mimesis and amenity in Hernán Rivera Letelier's La Reina Isabel sang rancheras. Daniel Blaustein *The dogma of the Immaculate Conception as a weapon of territorial confrontation in Seville in the XNUMXth century. Jose Dominguez Burdalo and Antonio Sanchez
“Andy Warhol” by Lourdes Cirlot “The figure of Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is, without a doubt, one of the most charismatic, not only in the context of North American Pop Art, but also in relation to the various trends that occurred in the second half of the XNUMXth century. A versatile artist, he settled in New York at the beginning
Summary of this issue: COMMENT * Scandals: Goldman Sachs and Wall Street reform. by John Cassidy THE TALK OF THE TOWN *Treasure Hunter: A curator of African-American history looks back. by Lauren Collins *Visiting Dignitary: Oxford alumni take a peek at the Magna Carta. by Ben McGrath *Lost: Volcano refugees in New York.by Lizzie Widdicombe