Antropologías en América Latina

El logro de la igualdad —tanto real como formal y de oportunidades— solo se conseguirá modificando las estructuras que generan desigualdad y discriminación. Esta afirmación tan simple encierra una idea más compleja que busca permear y cambiar el modelo de desarrollo actual. Las aportaciones feministas han cuestionado el sistema patriarcal y androcéntrico que estructura las sociedades y el mundo actual. La propia conceptualización del término género y su distinción del sexo fue la base para repensar el orden social, cultural, económico, político y sexual desde otro prisma en el...

The Camino de Santiago de Compostela through northern Spain is a considered a cultural gem and draws thousands of modern-day pilgrims every year. Marked and trekked since the medieval times, pilgrims abandon their day-to-day lifestyles and take the open Spanish countryside toward St. James' supposed burial site. With their natural wanderlust and journalistic instinct to share the experience with others, Alexa Garcia-Ditta and Rebekah Workman spent a full month sleeping in hostel bunk beds, enjoying Spanish foods and immersing themselves in the multi-dimensional culture. Una Vida, Un Camino...

This brief bilingual collection of Pueblo Indian myths is a happy union of New Mexico's diverse cultural traditions. Intended to introduce younger readers to some of the stories that have been passed on orally from generation to generation, the facing-page English-Spanish versions presented here also offer a rare opportunity to sample an older yet still vivid Spanish idiom.

This volume discusses the origins and early development of boats and ships. It takes a global perspective and covers river to ocean-going vessels, examined comparatively by type. Spanish text.