The Myth of the Non-Russian

El autor, profesor emérito de la universidad de Kyoto, nos muestra un libro que trata, en definitiva, de que el lector conciba a Japón «como una civilización diferente de la suya y no sólo como un país de costumbres exóticas y extrañas».

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"Con las armas del talento, la ironía, la síntesis, y el don de la expresión contundente, la frase aguda y la comparación chispeante, Jorge Elías se mueve por todo el continente y avanza y retrocede en el tiempo, por lo cual su mirada se extiende a la corrupción de los noventa en el Perú, al encubrimiento de la prensa estadounidense durante la guerra con Irak, o a la complicidad que en 1980 mostró en la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la ONU el gobierno de Fidel Castro, el pretendido sucesor de Martí en Cuba, con la dictadura militar argentina." Del prólogo de José Ignacio García ...

In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...