Pioneros

En esta profunda investigación sobre la historia de los monasterios y de las prisiones, Jane Brox pone al descubierto uno de los aspectos más olvidados de nuestras agitadas vidas contemporáneas, y presenta sus dos caras extremas: el silencio como castigo y el silencio como salvación. "A pesar de que la vida contemporánea empuja el silencio a las esquinas, persiste el anhelo, al igual que la fe, de que ofrece algo que el ruido del mundo no puede ofrecer". A finales del siglo XVIII, el hacinamiento en prisiones inmundas y las penas corporales como marcas con hierros candentes eran castigos ...

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Aquest volum recull una selecció dels treballs que es van presentar en la novena i la desena edicions del Seminari d'Estudis de la Dona en l'Antiguitat (SEMA), esdeveniments que van tenir lloc en els anys 2006 i 2007. El fet de poder gaudir d'un projecte europeu important ha permès tornar a disposar del suport econòmic que s’havia perdut i plantejar la seua publicació. Per això acaba d'aparèixer el SEMA XI, dedicat al tema de Dona i la vestimenta: aspectes de la identitat femenina en l'Antiguitat. El pas del temps ha obligat als editors a revisar els textos seleccionats d'entre els...

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...