Conflicts over Coca Fields in Sixteenth-Century Perú

Interpelaciones, problematizaciones y apuestas epistémicas recorren los capítulos desde un sentipensar-hacer situado para la construcción y consolidación de un Trabajo Social feminista, descolonial, intercultural, indisciplinado y emancipador.

En el curso de las guerras de la independencia americana se destacaron líderes, a la vez políticos y militares, a quienes la historia bautizaría como los “libertadores” (título que sólo uno de ellos, Simón Bolívar, ostentó en vida), quizá para contraponerlos a las figuras de los conquistadores que, hasta entonces, habían sido los únicos protagonistas de los hechos del Nuevo Continente. Más allá de los monumentos y de los homenajes que se les suelen tributar, los libertadores fueron, ante todo, el resultado de esos mismos procesos revolucionarios que encabezaban. Esta nueva...

Did you know that 5 minutes of remembered anger can depress your immune function for up to 6 hours? That your platelets get sticky with stress? That the telomeres on your DNA shorten and you age faster? This book is filled with stories, comments, suggestions, quotes and references to medical research rich in proving the psychological and physical benefits in healthy thinking and feeling good. You can look over the "new thoughts" at the end of each segment with an open mind and see if there are any you want to "test drive" in your life to change your heart variability pattern from jagged and...

During the Cuban Revolution, theatre was used to identify specific social problems and also to search for solutions within the structure of the socialist system. José Triana's theatre is part of Cuban theatre's new identity, as he explores the essence of what it means to be Cuban during the Revolution. This book examines Triana's assessment of the violent and emotional behavior of the human being caught in the Revolutionary movement, and provides insight into his contextualization of Cuban national identity. This book explores, from a cultural and theatrical perspective, the Cuban struggle...