Advertisements for soap. The image of a film star. We accept these common objects as a normal part of our life. But each also carries hidden messages that none of us even suspect as Barthes demonstrated in his unique analysis of the signs that generate meanings and assumptions we all take for granted. Using iconic examples, from French wine to the Eiffel Tower, Barthes explains how popular culture works like traditional mythology, putting forward ideas and beliefs that become accepted as t...

Mythologies is a masterpiece of analysis and interpretation. At its heart, Barthes’s collection of essays about the “mythologies” of modern life treats everyday objects and ideas – from professional wrestling, to the Tour de France, to Greta Garbo’s face – as though they are silently putting forward arguments. Those arguments are for modernity itself, the way the world is, from its class structures, to its ideologies, to its customs. In Barthes’s view, the mythologies of the moder...

A Los Angeles Latina woman living in poverty and hoping for miracles "comes to stunning and heartbreaking life" in this novel from an award-winning author ( Newsday).On a hot, still day in May, Amalia Gómez sees—or thinks she sees—a large silver cross in the sky. Does this vision foretell a miracle? The pragmatic, twice-divorced Amalia is doubtful . . .Amalia's neighborhood—a decaying area near a shabby part of Hollywood Boulevard—is under attack f...

¿Aplaudir o cuestionar a los poderosos? El corazón de las ciencias sociales late al ritmo de ese enigma todavía irresuelto. Las corrientes que se dedican a legitimar las injusticias "normales", aceptan solo una agenda de problemas, un repertorio limitado de categorías y una lista estricta de fuentes confiables. Con arrogancia, pretenden monopolizar el "pensamiento contemporáneo". Quienes no acepten trabajar para las grandes fundaciones y ONGs que inundan con dineros sucios nuestro campo cu...

Imagine growing up in a place where a simple walk in the rain could turn into a fight for your life. In this true story, John Gomez takes you back to the 1950s in Medellin, Colombia, a time when life was full of simple games but also hidden dangers. You will wonder how a young boy survived falling into a dangerous whirlpool on his street, and you will feel the fear of crossing a swaying bridge made of rope and wood while looking down at a rushing river. You will also find out why a small m...

In the last decade many countries turned to private sources to provide services formerly offered by public agencies. Europeans, particularly the British and the French, were leaders in this movement. Developing countries also experimented extensively with privatization in the 1980s, with varying degrees of success. Because governments around the world are heavily involved in transportation, it is a natural focus of privatization experiments and in many ways has been at the cutting edge.

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Zauberer & Hexen / Phänomene: Hokus pokus fidibus – wer träumt nicht davon, einmal zaubern zu können. Das Hörspiel "Zauberer und Hexen" entführt uns in die geheimnisvolle Welt de...

Is America in the midst of an electoral transformation? What were the sources of Joseph Biden’s victory in 2020, and how do they differ from Republican and Democratic coalitions of the past? Does the Democratic victory signal a long-term decline for Republicans’ chances in presidential elections?Change and Continuity in the 2020 and 2022 Elections explores those questions by analyzing and explaining the voting behavior in the most recent presidential and midterm elections, as well a...

La publicación de un primer libro blanco de salud digital para Colombia plantea, en sí mismo, un desafío para la estructura y el desarrollo de sus contenidos, mucho más cuando se trata de un tema emergente sobre el cual convergen diferentes áreas del conocimiento. La Universidad del Rosario, en su propósito de formación y servicio pertinente a la sociedad colombiana, y con el ánimo de generar bases para el desarrollo y la generación de conocimiento en salud digital en las diferentes perspe...

The avocado industry is evolving rapidly. Avocado production has almost doubled recently, with significant expansion in areas planted, especially in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia. Moreover, the global demand for avocado keeps on growing. The Avocado, 3rd edition is a unique and comprehensive source of information for avocado researchers, and covers everything from the history and distribution, novel agronomic practices, ecological and climatic requirements, and emerging diseas...

This edited volume brings together a diverse group of scholars to examine works of poetry that engage, question, or reimagine history.Authors question the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of archival work to explore the ways in which poetry has offered a hypothetical testing ground where the power dynamics, upheavals, and discontent reflected in historical texts can be renegotiated.

Changing patterns of energy production and consumption are transforming the geopolitics of the global system. The BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (not discussed in this volume), a loose conglomeration of emerging powers, are part of the change as are Western powers.Variations in the energy policies of the Americas, especially the United States and Canada, are altering existing dynamics. Both states are increasing energy production and are projected to...