El sarcófago romano

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Vivencias amorosas de nuestros antepasados: jóvenes enamoradas a quienes se impide casarse; parejas mal avenidas que dirimen sus diferencias violentamente; cónyuges infieles que buscan el amor venal; esposos que, desoyendo las normas institucionalizadas del bien amar, caen en la bigamia; clérigos y religiosas que ante el imperioso llamado del amor de pareja, hacen a un lado sus votos de servir a Dios. Amplia gama de sentimientos que produce en el ser humano la difícil e imprescindible tarea de amar.

El océano como paisaje: Pageant of the Pacific (Esplendor del Pacífico) es un estudio sobre los mapas murales que Miguel Covarrubias haría para la Golden Gate International Exhibition de 1939. Como señala la autora, Mónica Ramírez, el discurso oficial de este evento cultural y político afirmaba su propia creación como una forma de celebrar la novedosa tecnología utilizada en la construcción del emblemático puente. Desde una perspectiva mucho más amplia, se trataba sobre todo de situar a la ciudad de San Francisco como el centro de una expansión por parte de los Estados Unidos...

Just a few times before in Mexico had been analyzed the relation between the church, national identity and state like in this work. The author offers an essay with the relation between politics, religious toughs and the struggles to establish a new politic system between the Independence and the Reform. This book also contains a study of the presence of religion in the political life and daily life and how it influences in the structure of the national identity.