El arsenal de Clío. El problema de la escritura de la historia en la cultura occidental, 1880-1990

Los años de dictadura presenciaron la consolidación de la televisión como el más masivo e influyente medio de comunicación del país, lo que el gobierno de facto no desaprovechó. A la vez que en el plano informativo se manipulaba la realidad, los programas de entretenimiento que saturaban la cartelera invitaban a los chilenos a olvidar sus problemas y reír “cuando todos estén tristes”. Sergio Durán describe y analiza la trayectoria de algunos de los géneros y formatos más representativos, destacando las diferentes funciones y significados que podía tener la televisión para...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

La segunda parte de Hacia el M xico moderno completa el estupendo fresco hist rico de Ralph Roeder acerca de Porfirio D az y la etapa de nuestro pa s en que fue presidente con totales atribuciones dictatoriales. el trabajo de investigaci n de Roeder est levantado sobre la base de una riqueza documental exhaustiva. S lo as pudo configurar esta visi n de M xico en la ltima fase del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX.

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