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El libro de los códigos es un acercamiento muy divertido a los símbolos, signos, marcas y señales. Nos permite adentrarnos en la simbología zodiacal, en otras mancias, como el tarot, o en los misterios de la cruz, nos enseña sobre el braile y el morse, el alfabeto fonético internacional, los logotipos, la escritura en clave y en general señales, códigos, comunicacion y sus variantes, plasmadas gráficamente.

A professional Mexican movie critic provides a dual perspective on Mexican contemporary cinema--artistic excellence and pretentiousness--in a study that reviews both commercial productions as well as independent works.

Linguistic minorities are everywhere, and they are diverse. In this context, linguistic mediation activities – whether translation or interpreting – are key to the social inclusion of any kind of linguistic minority. In most societies autochthonous linguistic minorities coexist with foreignspeaking minorities and people with (or without) disabilities who rely linguistically or medially adapted on texts to access information. The present volume draws on this broad understanding of the concept of linguistic minorities to explore some of the newest developments in the field of translation...

A new take on an eclectic and controversial director James Morrison's critical study offers a comprehensive and critically engaged treatment on Roman Polanski's immense body of work. Tracing the filmmaker's remarkably diverse career from its beginnings to 2007, the book provides commentary on all of Polanski's major films in their historical, cultural, social, and artistic contexts. Morrison locates Polanski's work within the genres of comedy and melodrama, arguing that he is not merely obsessed with the theme of repression, but that his true interest is in the concrete—what is out in the...

En el libro se ha asumido el propósito de propender porque sus lectores y estudiosos adopten una posición de conservación y defensa de la lengua como patrimonio de los pueblos y de las culturas; por esta razón, se dirige principalmente a los educadores de las distintas latitudes latinoamericanas, ya que ellos son los formadores de las futuras generaciones, en cuyas manos recaerá la mayor responsabilidad de evitar la desintegración de los pueblos que hoy navegan en un mar de incertidumbres ante la avalancha despiadada de los nuevos vientos que hoy rugen en Latinoamérica.