Las Hermanas

In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Lara Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights...

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Alejandro Vaccaro nació en Buenos Aires en 1951. Desde hace dos décadas se abocó al estudio de la vida y la obra de Jorge Luis Borges. Como fruto de esta labor, ha publicado diversos artículos, tanto en revistas y diarios nacionales como extranjeros. También ha dictado conferencias en la Argentina y en el exterior: en las Universidades de Aarhus (Dinamarca), San Pablo (Brasil), Edimburgo (Escocia), King College (Londres), Reims (Francia), Cracovia (Polonia), Maccerata (Italia) y en el Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de Varsovia (Polonia), entre otros. Actualmente es ...

En esta obra los autores, profesores universitarios de reconocido prestigio académico e investigador, nos ofrecen una original visión del desarrollo de la prehistoria. El discurso que se ha escogido huye de tecnicismos eruditos y de listas de fases y de culturas difíciles de memorizar y de dudoso interés para el público al que va destinado el libro. Se ha buscado, por el contrario, incidir en los procesos que han llevado al ser humano a ser lo que es, desde su aparición sobre la faz de la Tierra hasta la entrada en época histórica. Podremos seguir las adaptaciones físicas que guiaron ...

This study surveys the changing urban topography of the Iberian peninsular from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, paying particular attention to the Christianisation of the urban landscape. It compiles a catalogue of episcopal seats and other urban centres, noting changes in terms of ecclesiastical building, the adaptation of public spaces to Christian ritual activity and the chaging funerary landscape.