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Monuments to Mestizaje and the Commemoration of Racial Democracy in Puerto Rico
Visual Anthropology Review, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 350-387, Fall 2023., 2023 Abstract In this paper, I argue that monuments to mestizaje (miscegenation) in Puerto Rico reaffirm the myth of a harmonious mixture between the White Spaniard, Black African, and Indigenous Taíno. This racial triad, originally conceived in the nineteenth century, was institutionalized in 1956 by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to legitimize the ...
Rafael V. Capó García
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The Art of Assemblage at La Venta
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 832-857, September 2022., 2022 How might the meaning of monumental sculpture be ephemeral? At La Venta, objects from greenstone figurines to massive basalt sculptures were recycled, reworked, and moved around the landscape, their new configurations and associations creating new kinds of meaning and enabling new kinds of ritual interaction.
Claudia Brittenham
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 209-235, May 2022., 2022 Carcassonne G 6, preserving a judicial oath from 833, is an exceptional source for the history of the Spanish March and more generally the workings of power in the Carolingian world. The oath, concerning at first glance a very local dispute, links a body of royal charters with the precepts for the hispani issued by Charlemagne, Louis the Pious and ...
Christoph Haack, Thomas Kohl
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The Basque Heroine Libe and the Nationalist Press (1895–1936)
Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 77-97, March 2022., 2022 Abstract The founder of Basque nationalism, Sabino Arana, wrote Libe. Melodrama dramático (a dramatic melodrama) in 1902. Arana placed the heroine ‘Libe’ in a medieval battle. She was created to convey what the role of Basque women should be in defending their Homeland. Arana died shortly after the script was published in 1903. His successors attempted
Leyre Arrieta
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HUMBOLDT IN VENEZUELA AND CUBA: THE ‘SECOND SLAVERY’
German Life and Letters, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 311-325, July 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT The reception of Humboldt's work now spans more than 200 years. It began with the publication of the texts that form his Opus Americanum (1808–31). Among these works, it was in the Political Essay on Cuba, where a chapter was devoted to the demography of the slave trade from Africa to Cuba, that became a cornerstone of the global historical ...
Michael Zeuske
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The Death Penalty and Historical Change in Spain
Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2021., 2021 Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilities offered by archival sources and specialised historiography (particularly those produced by specialists in the history of law and social history), I ...
Pedro Oliver Olmo
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Homenaje al medio siglo de TEUCH [PDF]
, 1993 Homenaje al medio siglo de ...
Piga, Domingo
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Navegante de las ideas: el maestro Edelberto Torres-Rivas y sus huellas, a un año de su partida
Revista de Historia, 2020 No resulta fácil desprenderse de las experiencias subjetivas cuando se escribe acerca de la vida y la obra de quien ha marcado huella en nuestras biografías. Me refiero a la vida y la obra de Edelberto Torres Rivas, el maestro, y digo nuestras biografías,
Abelardo Morales Gamboa
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Homenaje nacional al maestro Carballido: Setenta años de Carballido [PDF]
, 1995 Homenaje nacional al maestro Carballido: Setenta años de ...
Bixler, Jacqueline Eyring
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Leocadia D. Varella, grande entre los grandes
Revista de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo, 2021 Leocadia Varella, llamada “Lee” cariñosamente por sus amigos, es un alma buena. Con su presencia, ella ha motivado el crecimiento profesional y personal entre quienes hemos tenido la fortuna de contar con su amistad; porque, parafraseando a ese gran ...
Sonia Echeverri
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