La belleza de las ilusiones

Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he...

140 etapas de un viaje hacia la fantasía y la magia de la industria cinematográfica. Una lista de títulos de películas fruto de una reflexión personal. Un intento de transmitir una idea global lo más amplia y representativa posible del todavía joven arte del cine, desde las películas mudas y en blanco y negro hasta el presente. Una visión panorámica de la historia del cine con especial atención a todos y cada uno de los componentes del séptimo arte: desde obras maestras sublimes hasta éxitos de taquilla que marcaron una época, creando tendencias y modas. Obras que, por muchos...

Semilla y Surco de Politica se han editado novedades como: Tecnicas de comunicacion politica de David Perez Garcia; El multiculturalismo del miedo de Jacob T. Levy y Teorias politicas de la integracion europea de Nicolas Mariscal.

The first in a series, this collection of essays addresses the role of documentary film in negotiations of national identity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Twenty essays by scholars from Latin America, the USA, and Europe analyze narrations of nation in this genre, focusing on documentary film as a political medium, representations of the margins of the nation, postmodern documentary aesthetics, the function of documentaries in terms of cultural memory, and recent revisions of documentary film history. In a concluding section, four renowned filmmakers from Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and...