Las nuevas tribus urbanas

The book presents the dynamics associated with the transformations and revitalization of the shamanic universe and strategies used to negotiate with the invisible beings. Making a rich contribution to the ethnology of Latin American lowlands, it demonstrates that ethnography is a social relationship. The text makes evident that the author, upon entering and leaving the territory, also enters and leaves the canons of anthropology. In the unfolding of the narrative, shaped as an academic autobiography, the details of the fieldwork experience flourish and result in timely reflections.

Los textos aqui publicados son aportes de profesoras(es) investigadoras(es) de El Colegio de Mexico y otras instituciones academicas quienes, colaborando estrechamente con el Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de la Mujer (PIEM) de El Colegio de Mexico, han contribuido a los estudios sobre las mujeres y las relaciones de genero en Mexico desde diversas disciplinas de las ciencias sociales y humanidades. La mayor parte de los ensayos contiene una revision del estado del conocimiento en el pais sobre diversos temas, resenando los avances logrados en las dos ultimas decadas asi como los...

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...

Este libro propone como objetivo analizar las experiencias de vida de los migrantes retornados, haciendo énfasis en América Latina, y la manera en que distintos gobiernos han tratado este fenómeno a través de políticas migratorias.