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An anthology of short stories from the Caribbean region that is unique in its trilingual nature; all of the stories appear in English, French and Spanish. The anthology includes stories from Guadeloupe (Gisele Pineau), Trinidad ( Shani Mootoo), Haiti (Yanick Lahens), Jamaica (Oliver Senior), Puerto Rico (Carmen Lugo Filippi ) and Cuba (Mirta Yanez).

A lucid and intelligent analysis of the alternative theatre in the United Kingdom, in the last decades. It explores the connections between the socio-cultural panorama and the theatrical event, with an inter-discipline perspective that combines artistic-literary comments with cultural history. It is particularly important for researchers about theatre because it presents vital and dynamic expositions. .

To complement the historical survey, a brief description of the social environment in Los Angeles is included. In addition, a short presentation on how the Spanish printing press and newspapers evolved in America is presented to show how these two processes contributed to the literary and cultural background of this ethnic group.

La literatura y el ocio en la sociedad cortesana del Siglo de Oro es un estudio histórico sobre el ideal del ocio laborioso, diferenciado de la ociosidad que consiste en no hacer nada. El enfoque resulta novedoso, ya que escasean las investigaciones sobre la historia moderna del otium, complementaria del negotium, quizá por haber sido considerada un tema de importancia menor con relación al trabajo. La principal hipótesis desarrollada tiene que ver con la revaloración del ocio laborioso ocurrida en el contexto de la sociedad cortesana de los siglos XVI y XVII, cuya herencia persiste con...