Autor(es): Julia Tuñón Resumen: Abstract: Besides the original myth that tells us how important the Revolution was for Mexico and the different optics extant in the historiography, in the literature, in theatre and in films, Ouroboros constructs images in which he … Sigue leyendo
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Autor(es): Julia Tuñón Resumen: Abstract:Francisco Ortiz Muñoz gave a lecture in Madrid in 1946, after which he published Criterio y normas morales de censura cinematográfica (Criteria and moral rules of cinematographic censorship). These were the years when censorship was already … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): Jesús Guzmán Urióstegui Resumen: Abstract: Rafael Juan Meraulyok, a Swiss dentist, arrived in Mexico City in September 1879. Flamboyant and garrulous, he began to pull teeth free of charge in Seminar Square, beside the Cathedral, While selling miraculous products such … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): Jaime Cuadriello Resumen: Abstract: Heroes, as we know them, are constructions of collective identity. Heroes are built during their life, but death plays the main role, since their ideas outlive them in the creations and institutions marked by their doings. … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): Jaime J. Lacueva Resumen: Abstract: This work aims at analyzing the factors and circumstances affecting performance in the mining sector in Nueva Vizcaya prior to the surge of activity in Parral, characterized by a low intensity exploration of mining sites and poor capital and labor concentration on … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): Gisela vo Wobeser y Abraham Villavicencio Resumen: Abstract: Celestial music was an essential part of the religious culture in New Spain and was represented in religious and doctrinal literature, as well as in painting and sculpture. The music was ascribed extraordinary qualities and was believed to … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): William Taylor Resumen: Abstract: Fed by imperial ambitions to supervise and reform, Mexico’s eighteenth-century Information Age produced prodigious amounts of administrative and judicial documentation, including investigations into new miracle claims and the operations of shrines that were attracting more than local attention. Most of the shrines to miraculous images … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es): Nadine Béligand Resumen: Abstract: This article analyzes the report of suppression and incorporation of religious confraternities concluded in 1794 (under Viceroy Revillagigedo and Archbishop Don Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta), a documentary source that has never been studied in itself. The inspection report was completed … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es) Pilar Gonzalbo Resumen: Abstract: Jesuits in exile yearned for their Mexican homeland, and they turned their nostalgia into creative impulse, blending memories of their lost home with Italian enlightened ideas. Their integration in the European intellectual milieu and their deep … Sigue leyendo
Autor(es) Antonio García de León Resumen: Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to insist on the need for a general examination of the presence of African people and their descendants in viceregal Mexico by analyzing the tendencies followed in the … Sigue leyendo