Debates históricos contemporáneos: africanos y afrodescendientes en México y Centroamérica

Hay aquí historias sabidas, como la de aquella niña con la que se casó Pueyrredón después de fusilar al padre. Y otras no tan conocidas, como la de la concubina del deán Funes. Pero, más allá de los secretos que esta verdadera "literatura de curiosidades históricas" revela, las historias son puestas en perspectiva y alineadas sobre el escenario de largo plazo. De allí que sea necesario que el lector advierta: lo que parecen meras anécdotas de la vida privada en realidad develan el origen de las grandes "grietas" argentinas. Que no son las de hoy, vienen largamente de otras...

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La historia de la Coatlicue ha sido azarosa y accidentada. El ídolo sin pies ni cabeza narra los avatares de esta escultura mexica a partir de su descubrimiento en el periodo virreinal. Gracias a una nutrida investigación, Leonardo López Luján documenta en este libro las disputas que provocó este acontecimiento entre los intelectuales y anticuarios de la época, las publicaciones que surgieron en torno a la escultura, así como las diversas reacciones que inspiró en quienes se acercaron a conocerla.