Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerizes dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. In "Paper Tangos", Julie Taylor - a classically trained dancer and anthropologist - examines the poetics of the tango while describing her ...
Never has Diego Maradona's extraordinary story been told in his own words--until now. A poor boy from a Buenos Aires shantytown, Maradona's genius with a soccer ball took him to the heights of South American, European, and world soccer. Here the greatest player of his generation, and perhaps of all time, tells his tale: the pressures of being a ...
In this comprehensive history, updated to include the climactic events of the five years since the Falklands War, Professor Rock documents the early colonial history of Argentina, pointing to the colonial forms established during the Spanish conquest as the source for Argentina's continued reliance on foreign commercial and investment partnerships ...
Argentina is the world's centre of psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century. Not only have many Argentines undergone psychoanalytic therapy, but Argentines from taxi drivers to actresses, from politicians to generals, all speak in 'psychoanalese', and two of the most popular TV shows in the country have psychoanalysis as their central issue. ...
Unquestionably one of the most influential landscape and garden designers of the 20th century, the Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx has inspired generations of gardeners around the world. His sweeping forms and painterly approach to planting were revolutionary when they first came to public attention in the 1930s, and even today many contemporary ...
"One of the best and most interesting treatments of the human rights movement, and of the dynamics of the United Nations human rights system, written to date."--Human Rights Quarterly Drawing on confidential Argentinian documents and memoranda,
A comprehensive trekking guide, this book includes over 28 detailed route descriptions, 27 trekking maps, an illustrated flora and fauna section, as well as a language and health section.
William Henry Hudson (1841-1922) was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. He was born in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he is considered to belong to the national literature as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, the Spanish version of his name. He spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both ...
Enduring Patagonia, " with its exhilarating yet poetic voice and extraordinary color photos, chronicles one man's obsession with the wind-swept mountains and steppes of this strange part of the world made famous by Magellan and Darwin.
This work is a beautifully illustrated key to unlocking one of South America's greatest treasures. Famous for its tango, football, and European-style architecture, Argentina is a vibrant, wonderfully idiosyncratic country full of hidden gems.
"Contentious Lives" examines the ways popular protests are experienced and remembered, individually and collectively, by those who participate in them. Javier Auyero focuses on the roles of two young women, Nana and Laura, in uprisings in Argentina (the two-day protest in the northwestern city of Santiago del Estero in 1993 and the six-day road ...
Examining the experience of Latin American countries moving from authoritarianism to liberalization, Leigh Payne focuses on organized right-wing groups that take armed, often violent, action to destabilize emerging democratic governments. Although few social movement scholars include armed right-wing groups in their analyses, Payne points to the ...
Buenos Aires had 3 million foreign visitors in 2003, 50 percent more than in 2002; the Chilean National Tourism Service reports a 17 percent increase in foreign tourists over last year.
Seasoned travel writer Wayne Berhardson covers the best sights and adventures that Patagonia has to offer, from visiting Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, to viewing the jagged peaks of Cuernos del Paine and hiking on Argentina's Moreno Glacier. Bernhardson also offers unique trip strategies including The Andean Lakes Loop and The natural ...
Acclaimed as one of the most important Latin American novels in recent decades, "Artificial Respiration "is a stunning introduction for English readers to the fiction of Ricardo Piglia. Published in Argentina in 1981, it was written at a time when thousands of Argentine citizens "disappeared" during the government's attempt to create an ...
"Tierra del Fuego" is more than a suspenseful seafaring tale in the tradition of Captain Hornblower; it is also a chilling psychological and cultural tale, reminiscent of "Heart of Darkness" or "Lord of the Flies," that probes deeply into human nature. Based on the true story of the YAmana Indian, Jemmy Button (parts of which are recorded in ...
Argentina's population ranks among the most educated and talented in Latin America. The humid and temperate Pampas is one of the largest and most fertile plains areas in the world. The national capital of Buenos Aires remains one of the great cultural centers of the Americas. With so much to offer, why then is Argentina saddled with such ...
LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN THE DAYS OF THE TYRANTS OE, CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM. FBOM THE SPANISH OF DOMINGO F. SARMIENTO, LL. D., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY PROM THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED STATES. WITH A BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCH OP THE AUTHOK, BY MRS. HORACE MANN. First American from the third Spanish Edition. HAFNER PUBLISHING CO. ...
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