Mosaico de Palabras

When Perla's magic feather is missing, everybody in Villa Meteora suddenly feels gloomy and the Weather Fairies must try to fix it quickly.

En los últimos años, los estudios de Traducción han ampliado grandemente su campo de estudio, cobrando cada vez más importancia las consideraciones culturales, ya que no son sólo textos, sino culturas mismas las que toman parte en el proceso, inmensamente complejo, de la traducción. Partiendo de la orientación decididamente cultural que ha marcado la traductología más reciente, el autor examina la tensión ambivalente que se da al rescribir la cultura ajena en otra lengua, que unas veces apunta a lo familiar y otras veces a lo exótico, tomando ejemplos sobre todo de la traducción...

"Publication accompanied the exhibition 'Vicente Rojo: Cuarenta Años de Diseño Gráfico.' Includes accolades by some of his friends such as José Luis Cuevas, recognizing Rojo's contribution to graphic design in Mexico, an activity at which he excelled but is less known for than his painting. Generously illustrated in color"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Revolutionary and troublemaker Diego Rivera (1886-1957) pioneered public art - particularly with his magnificent murals - that was both highly advanced and profoundly accessible. His tumultuous career is surveyed in this richly illustrated Spanish-language entry in the Basic Art series celebrating major artists. This enticing collection shows both the wide range of his art and its influence on other painters and artistic movements.