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"An important and interesting volume on gender, focusing on the meaning of manhood in Mexico City. Much more than a discussion of machismo, the text challenges the stereotypes of the Latin male and in their place paints a portrait of rapidly changing gender roles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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This impressive modern museum, visited by 2 million people every year, tells the story of Mexico from before the Aztec civilization to the Spanish conquest. In this episode, a chemical engineer and some Mexican athletes help us discover whether the rubber ball used on the ancient Aztec playing field contained a human skull. We dive into a watery cave to discover the Mayan path to the afterlife, and then investigate the power of a crystal skull to...
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A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sánchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the Sánchez family, told entirely by its members Jesús, the 50-year-old patriarch, and his four adult children as their lives unfold in the México City slum they call home. Weaving together...
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As Mexico City faces problems of urban growth, residents of hillside communities and in the center of the city have create community centers that address the environment, gang warfare, graffiti, access and pollution with the help of community leaders and the Iberoamericana University.
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Fine annotated catalogue from the exhibition of the Andrés Blaisten private art collection that contains approximately 650 masterpieces of Mexican art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Introductory studies by Fausto Ramírez and James Oles. The edition gathers 80 key works by more than 40 Mexican artists of the early twentieth century--a period of immense creativity in the region, driven in part by the desire of its artists to forge an aesthetic...
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This volume takes a look at the death of Guadalupe, the maternal aunt and the closest blood relative of the Sa?nchez children, the family that the author/anthropologist made central to his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers. Guadalupe played a central role in the Sa?nchez family. This book is based upon interviews with her nephews and niece, Manuel, Roberto, and Consuelo Sa?nchez. It presents three views of their aunt's death, wake, and...
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September 19, 1985: A powerful earthquake hits Mexico City in the early morning hours. As the city collapses, the government fails to respond. Long a voice of social conscience, prominent Mexican journalist Elena Poniatowska chronicles the disintegration of the city's physical and social structure, the widespread grassroots organizing against government corruption and incompetence, and the reliency of the human spirit. As a transformative moment in...
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