PATIENTIA

The project "Realities and Desires" by Susana Casarin began in January of 2007 in some areas of high marginalization in the State of Veracruz and in the districts of Netzahualcyotl and Ecatepec on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her photographs graphically documented the life stories of local transvestites and transgender persons highlighting in her images the stigma, discrimination and marginalization of gender suffered by this vulnerable social group. Includes texts by doctor and surgeon Arnoldo Kraus.

Discusses how the people of Mexico honor their loved ones in death through the celebration of All Souls' Day.

Mi Cuba is a great gallery of true-life pictures on Cuba and a whole gamut of images spanning from the typical postcard to an ordinary person's day-to-day life. This book unveils the real face of the island through the nostalgic pages and writings of political refugees, along with the scorching visula commentary of photagrapher Stefanono Pacii recounting Cuba's special period. Gordiano Lupi's content describes the manifold aspects of Cuba's culture: music, santeria, literature, habits, superstition, fun and cuisine.

Los útiles y los inútiles invita al lector a un ejercicio: volver a ver películas conocidas y amadas tratando de dejar de lado la tan presente y tan ruidosa figura humana. Lo que queda en la panta¬lla es un amplio panorama de objetos, cosas, utensilios que sería reductivo catalogar bajo las categorías de mobiliario y de deco¬rado, puesto que su presencia en las películas parece dar forma a un verdadero dispositivo de visión, capaz de crear un pacto entre mundo, sujetos y representación. Es con mirada interdisciplinar como Los útiles y los inútiles quiere aventurarse en ese mundo...