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  | | Glimpses of Phoenix(1st Edition) The Desert Metropolis in Written and Visual Media by David William Foster Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Mcfarland ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-7364-9, ISBN: 0-7864-7364-9 "Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a "clean" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression). The "real" Phoenix, easygoing, sun-drenched, a place of ever-expanding development and economic growth, guarantees, it is said, an enviable lifestyle, low taxes, and unfettered personal freedom and ..." |
 | | Mexico City in Contemporary Mexican Cinema(1st Edition) by David William Foster Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72542-3, ISBN: 0-292-72542-6 "Just as Mexican national life has come to center on the sprawling, dynamic, almost indefinable metropolis of Mexico City, so recent Mexican cinema has focused on the city not merely as a setting for films but almost as a protagonist in its own right, whose conditions both create meaning for and receive meaning from the human lives lived in its midst. Through close readings of fourteen recent critically acclaimed films, this book watches ..." |
 | | Picturing the Barrio(1st Edition) Ten Chicano Photographers (Latino and Latin American Profiles) by David William Foster Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6439-1, ISBN: 0-8229-6439-2 "Mexican-American life, like that of nearly every contemporary community, has been extensively photographed. Yet there is surprisingly little scholarship on Chicano photography. Picturing the Barrio presents the first book-length examination on the topic. David William Foster analyzes the imagery of ten distinctive artists who offer a range of approaches to portraying Chicano life. The production of each artist is examined as an ideologi ..." |
 | | Queer Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by David William Foster Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70537-1, ISBN: 0-292-70537-9 "Viewing contemporary Latin American films through the lens of queer studies reveals that many filmmakers are exploring issues of gender identity and sexual difference, as well as the homophobia that attempts to defeat any challenge to the heterosexual norms of patriarchal culture. In this study of queer issues in Latin American cinema, David William Foster offers highly perceptive queer readings of fourteen key films to demonstrate how ..." |
 | | Contemporary Argentine Cinema(1st Edition) (Hispanic Issues; 9) by David William Foster, Kaspar Foster Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of Missouri ISBN-13: 978-0-8262-0860-6, ISBN: 0-8262-0860-6 "Indeed, by 1983 it was not difficult to agree with Pablo Giussani's assessment of the middle-class revolutionary left, having adopted the style of Che Guevara, as " armed arrogance."12 At the same time, Olivera does not find it necessary to romanticize them either, since the focus of the film is on the dynamics of the purge mentality as such. What begins as the simple demand that the municipal delegate resign and take with him his " ..." |
 | | El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond(1st Edition) Graphic Narrative in Argentina and Brazil (World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series) by David William Foster Hardcover, 182 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-1084-7, ISBN: 1-4773-1084-3 "“El Eternauta, Daytripper, and Beyond examines the graphic narrative tradition in the two South American countries that have produced the medium’s most significant and copious output. Argentine graphic narrative emerged in the 1980s, awakened by Héctor Oesterheld’s groundbreaking 1950s serial El Eternauta. After Oesterheld was “disappeared” under the military dictatorship, El Eternauta became one of the most important cultural texts of ..." |
 | | Latin American Documentary Filmmaking(2nd Edition) Major Works by David William Foster Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Arizona Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-2389-4, ISBN: 0-8165-2389-4 " Latin American Documentary Filmmaking is the first volume written in English to explore Latin American documentary filmmaking with extensive and intelligent analysis. David William Foster, the leading authority on Latin American urban cultural production, provides rich, new interpretations on the production of gender, political persecution, historical conflicts, and exclusion from the mainstream in many of Latin America’s most importan ..." |
 | | Violence in Argentine Literature Cultural Responses to Tyranny (Hardback) by David William Foster Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by Univ Of Missouri Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8262-0991-7, ISBN: 0-8262-0991-2 "The slippage between an objective journalistic distance and the reporter's personal involvement in what he is reporting is at the heart of the discourse structure of We Are All Subversive. The principal thrust of Gabetta's interviews emerges very straightforwardly in an ironically syllogistic fashion: The military identified as subversive all those who, in their exercise of constitutionally guaranteed rights, protested its arbitrar ..." |
 | | The Writer's Reference Guide to Spanish(99th Edition) by David William Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen De Urioste, Carmen Urioste-Azcorra Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72512-6, ISBN: 0-292-72512-4 "Writers and editors of Spanish have long needed an authoritative guide to written language usage, similar to The MLA Style Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style. And here it is! This reference guide provides comprehensive information on how the Spanish language is copyedited for publication. The book covers these major areas: ∑ Language basics: capitalization, word division, spelling, and punctuation. ∑ Language conventions: abbrev ..." |
 | | Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema by David William Foster Paperback, 181 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72510-2, ISBN: 0-292-72510-8 ""Gender is an absolute ground zero for most human societies," writes David William Foster, "an absolute horizon of social subjectivity." In this book, he examines gender issues in thirteen Brazilian films made (with one exception) after the 1985 return to constitutional democracy and elimination of censorship to show how these issues arise from and comment on the sociohistorical reality of contemporary Brazilian society.Foster organizes ..." |
 | | Culture and Customs of Argentina(1st Edition) (Cultures and Customs of the World) by David William Foster, Melissa Fitch Lockhart, Darrell B. Lockhart Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1998 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30319-7, ISBN: 0-313-30319-3 "Argentina, one of the most dynamic societies in Latin America, is known for its impressive level of cultural production. This examination of the social and cultural institutions of Argentine society contains a series of comprehensive and informative essays that focus on the most important forms of cultural production in terms of major works, major artists, and major venues. Students and interested readers will discover what is unique ab ..." |
 | | CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE.(1st Edition) by David William Foster Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1994 by Univ Of New Mexico Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8263-1490-1, ISBN: 0-8263-1490-2 "Foster continues the same line of study initiated in 1985 with the publication of Alternative voices in the Latin American narrative (see HLAS 48:5657). Questions body of literary criticism devoted exclusively to the study of major Latin American authors. Seeks to broaden understanding of the histo" |
 | | Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women(Updated) A Biographical Dictionary by David William Foster, Cynthia Margarita Tompkins Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2000 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31112-3, ISBN: 0-313-31112-9 ""Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women" is a powerful testimony to the outstanding contributions 72 of the most noteworthy women have made to their fields and to society. This volume covers a broad range of women excelling in the fields of politics, art, religion, government, education, literature, popular culture, and the sciences, with substantial, up-to-date biographical and career overviews. Many notables are international ..." |
 | | Peruvian Literature A Bibliography of Secondary Sources by David William Foster Hardcover, 324 Pages, Published 1981 by Greenwood ISBN-13: 978-0-313-23097-4, ISBN: 0-313-23097-8 "Product information not available." |
 | | Agencia cultural, arte, educación y prácticas sociales en América Latina y la frontera - Cultural Agency, Art and Education in Latin America and its Borders (Spanish Edition) by Zulema Moret, David William Foster, Jaime Flores Chávez, Alonso Azócar Avendaño, Walescka Pino-Ojeda, Robert Neustadt, Stephany Slaughter, Mirta Colángelo, Djurdja Trajkovic, Debra A. Castillo, Ludmila Ferrari, Andrés R. Amado, Jane D. Griffin, Keith Watts, Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, Graciela Di Marco Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2017 by Escribana Books ISBN-13: 978-1-940075-42-6, ISBN: 1-940075-42-4 "This book presents interdisciplinary perspectives on the cultural agency across Latin America and its borders. The introduction and its fourteen chapters, divided in three parts, connect cultural agency with educative, artistic and social practice. This publication is the product of a dialogue that began in 2010 in a conference at Grand Valley State University and that was continued by a group of scholars in a series of conferences of t ..." |
 | | Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography(Reprint) Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives by David William Foster Paperback, 217 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4773-0980-3, ISBN: 1-4773-0980-2 "One of the important cultural responses to political and sociohistorical events in Latin America is a resurgence of urban photography, which typically blends high art and social documentary. But unlike other forms of cultural production in Latin America, photography has received relatively little sustained critical analysis. This pioneering book offers one of the first in-depth investigations of the complex and extensive history of gend ..." |
 | | Studies in Romance Languages Ser. Christian Allegory in Early Hispanic Poetry by David William Foster Published 2014 by Oxbow Publishin ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-5233-2, ISBN: 0-8131-5233-X |
 | | Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives by David William Foster Hardcover, 217 Pages, Published 2014 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-75793-6, ISBN: 0-292-75793-X "One of the important cultural responses to political and sociohistorical events in Latin America is a resurgence of urban photography, which typically blends high art and social documentary. But unlike other forms of cultural production in Latin America, photography has received relatively little sustained critical analysis. This pioneering book offers one of the first in-depth investigations of the complex and extensive history of gend ..." |
 | | Sexual Textualities Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing by David William Foster 192 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-73406-7, ISBN: 0-292-73406-9 "De Berlin a Wallstreet, 29; Eva Peron, 28-29 Cortazar, Julio: Nicaragua tan violen - tamente dulce, 88 Crawford, Joan, 23 Cuba: concentration camps in, 4; and exile, 89, 93; gay and lesbian rights in, 88; and homophobia, 19, 88; repression of homosexuality in, 8, 87; revolution in, 87,90 Damata, Gasparino, 20 Damonte, Raul (see Copi) Donoso, Jose: El lugar sin limites, 4 Doty, Alexander: Making Things Perfectly Queer, 37, 71-72 Dujo ..." |
 | | São Paulo(1st Edition) Perspectives on the City and Cultural Production by David William Foster Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2011 by University Press Of Florida ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-3665-6, ISBN: 0-8130-3665-8 " "Serves as a kind of cultural-historical road map to São Paulo (including alternative routes and detours), one that will be a necessary resource for any subsequent cultural studies of São Paulo and Latin American urbanization."--Justin Read, author of Modern Poetics and Hemispheric American Cultural Studies "The essays brought together in this volume all focus on the city of São Paulo, in the triple dynamic of cultural production: the ..." |
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