La paz

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

CONTENIDO : Conflictos armados, guerras civiles y política: relación entre el conflicto colombiano y otras guerras internas contemporáneas (Daniel Pécaut) -- Barbarie y crueldad o la profundización del dolor a través del cuerpo : códigos de un nuevo lenguaje de la violencia en Colombia (Elsa Blair Trujillo) -- Representaciones sociales sobre el coflicto armado en la prensa colombiana: el caso de los asesinatos de Urrao Antioquia (Milciades Vizcaíno Gutiérrez) -- El hombre nace bueno, relato de un actor de violencia (Alberto Valencia G.) -- Las lógicas de la guerra y la resistencia...

"En la obra de Uriel Cassiani sobrevive un mundo nuevo para nosotros, pero antiguo y vigente para una etnia que nunca ha cortado su cordón umbilical con la naturaleza [The work of Uriel Cassiani Pérez opens a world which is new for us, but is old and active for people who never cut their umbilical cords with nature]"-- John Jairo Junieles.

Juan introduces the reader to his family and describes his life including how they earn their living recycling trash found in the local landfill.