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Resources for Latin American cultural studies.: An article from: Social Education by Ron W. Wilhelm, 2002-05-01 On Edge: The Crisis of Contemporary Latin American Culture (Cultural Politics) by George Yudice, Juan Flores, 1992-11 The Redemptive Work: Railway and Nation in Ecuador, 1895-1930 (Latin American Silhouettes) by A. Kim Clark, 1998-01-01 Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City, 1920-1940 (Latin American Silhouettes) by Patrice Elizabeth Olsen, 2008-09-11 Discrimination in Latin America Through the Eyes of Economists (Latin American Development Forum) by Hugo Nopo, 2009-12-03 Misplaced Objects: Migrating Collections and Recollections in Europe and the Americas (Joe R. Teresa Lozano Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) by Silvia Spitta, 2009-07-01 The Tourism Encounter: Fashioning Latin American Nations and Histories by Florence Babb, 2010-08-30 Passion of the People?: Football in South America (Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture) by Tony Mason, 1994-05-01 Colonialism Past and Present: Reading and Writing About Colonial Latin America Today (Suny Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture) Latin American Society 2ed by CUBITT, 1995-03 Manana Es San Peron: A Cultural History of Peron's Argentina (Latin American Silhouettes) by Mariano Ben Plotkin, 2003-10-01 The Memory of Bones: Body, Being, and Experience among the Classic Maya (Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) by Stephen Houston, David Stuart, et all 2006-06-01 Reading the discourse of insurgency in Latin American history: An essay in cultural criticism (Global forum series occasional paper) by John Charles Chasteen, 1991 The Latin American experience of dependency in communication and cultural industries by Joseph D Straubhaar, 1986

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1. Biography Collections: Special Collections: Latin Americans, Hispanics, Latinos
   Social and cultural aspects of Drinking. Social and cultural roles of alcohol findings on the social and cultural roles of alcohol may have important  
   http://amillionlives.com/Collect_spec5.html
   
   Extractions: THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Special Collections: Latin Americans, Hispanics, Latinos [Including people of all the Americas south of the United States, of the Caribbean, and of the U.S. and Canada of Latin American heritage.] Although many excellent resources are certainly available in Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages of the region, I cannot honestly evaluate them due to my limitations in those languages. Regrettably, all links point only to English language Web pages. Bilingual lovers of biography are invited to become contributing editors in any non-English language. If you want to volunteer to help develop this site, please inquire The Untold Story of the Alamo's Early History The Amazon Throne: The Orleans-Braganza of Brazil

2. Cultural Aspects Of Atomic Anxieties
   Introduction This brief covers mainland Ecuador in a way to help better inform a person or firm traveling there to do business. a beautiful land of opportunities cultural aspects of Ecuador Climate/Geography When arriving the United States. Most latin americans consider themselves part of the Americas.  
   http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/atomic-anxieties.html
   
   Extractions: Penn Reading Project, University of Pennsylvania, 1999 Some culture-watchers doubted that Americans were as anxious about the prospects of nuclear annihilation as everyone said they were. Was it really the "Age of Anxiety" specifically because of the bomb? The poet Rolfe Humphries, in his introduction to a 1953 anthology of New Poems by American Poets Fragmentation was one fear. The loss of control was another. The bomb symbolized the two fears in one. In an issue of Time into the home. Paul Boyer has written a book called By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age (1985). He argues that after initial activism a dumb acceptance of the bomb set in. Allan Winkler's Life Under a Cloud: American Anxiety about the Atom (1993) argues the opposite: the threatened feeling continued through to the end of the cold war in the early 1990s. But Winkler and Boyer agree, as Boyer put it, that "American culture had been profoundly affected by atomic fear, by a dizzying plethora of atomic panaceas and proposals, and by endless speculation on the social and ethical implications of the new reality." No audience or reader of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen should for a moment forget Frayn's frank projection of the long view of such fears onto a conversation between two nuclear players who might not have been able to predict the culture beyond the physics. The dreams described by poet Humphries as unrelated to nuclear anxieties are the same "strange dreams" Frayn's Heisenberg has when he tries not to think about the U.S. A-bombing of Japanese cities. Once the bombs had been dropped, could Americans go on and play ping pong or poker, go shopping, shoot cap-pistols in fringed jackets and Dan'l Boaone caps? Of course. What choice did one have? Should one bite one's nails or pull at one's hair all day long because instant annihilation was always possible? When Heisenberg confronts Bohr with the deadly seriousness of the issue, one senses that he is almost mistaken in thinking he must pull Bohr out of the world of innocent quotidian acts:

3. This Page Does Not Exist Anymore
   Artistic and cultural projects, events, performances. and Chicano Space aspects of Identity, History, Culture, of history, politics, cultural background, international events  
   http://www.universes-in-universe.de/america/us_lat/e_proj.htm

4. Canyon College: Cultural Awareness In Business Course Online
   I have had classes in cultural aspects of Business cultural theory, the culturalimpacts on Business with North americans, latin americans, Asians, Europeans  
   http://www.canyoncollege.edu/cc/business/syllabus/bu363.htm
   
   Extractions: The purpose of this course is to explore the cultural diversity in business and at work today. While the book is and has been written for over the last 20 years for the global leader it also applies to anyone who works in a culturally diverse workplace. Even if that work place is for a US Employer, on US land, with a workforce of US citizens. Today, it is very likely that company has more than one language spoken on it property, not including the company’s and the industry’s jargon. The workforce will be more heterogeneous than homogenous.

5. Web Page
   Communication Between latin americans. and Anglo americans. By. Leticia C. Foss explanation on the role of cultural aspects in these latin American organizations and how culture  
   http://students.usm.maine.edu/lfoss71
   
   Extractions: Focusing in the business environment, it is easy to realize that most business people make an effort to be accommodating, sympathetic, and kind when interacting with a customer and, perhaps these efforts become even greater when they have to deal with someone from a different culture. What encouraged me to research about intercultural communication was the curiosity to know whether the communication between Latin Americans and Anglo Americans in the business environment had improved since the arrival of the internet. In past experiences, I had known of several businesses whose efforts in communicating over the phone with Spanish speaking clients resulted in frustrating attempts. As a result, there was always the uncertainty of whether they had made themselves understood, and whether they had gotten their message across. Many of us have or choose to make contact with people of many different countries through the internet or through the phone. Here, in the United States, most business people hope that the person on the other side of the line will speak English. So, their first question when establishing contact with a person in another country

6. The Out-of-Door Academy
   a comprehensive study of grammar and the cultural aspects of France they will translatepassages of increasing difficulty from latin for americans, Book One  
   http://www.oda.edu/about/lakewood/foreign.asp
   
   Extractions: In this course students are introduced to the Spanish language and the various Hispanic cultures of Spain and Latin America. Students also learn about the extensive Hispanic community of the United States. Emphasis is placed mostly on communicative skills although basic grammar is also acquired through reading, writing, paired and group activities, cassettes and videotapes. In this foundation course, students are introduced to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture in the United States, the Americas, and in Spain. The elements of basic Spanish grammar are acquired through reading, writing, paired and group activities, cassettes and videotapes. Emphasis is given to developing listening and speaking skills in the target language. Spanish II This course is designed to help the student develop proficiency in the language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Although emphasis is placed on the conversational skills, a comprehensive study of grammar and the cultural aspects of Spain and other Spanish speaking countries are also encouraged through the use of various activities and materials.

7. Ethno-Cultural Aspects Of Health
   aspects of Health Ethnocultural aspects of Health. used to identify ethnic and culturaldifferences in Islanders, West Asian, Arabs, latin americans, and others  
   http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/health.nsf/c56e308f49bfeb7885256abc0071ec9a
   
   Extractions: Resources Ethno-Cultural Aspects of Health Ethno-Cultural Aspects of Health " Culture refers to the way of life developed by a group of people that is totally learned and includes language, concepts, beliefs, values, symbols, structures, institutions, and patterns of behaviour. A person's culture may or may not be the same as his or her ethnic origin or identity" (6-2, p.7). Over the years, a person may be exposed to the influences of many cultures, making the concept even more difficult to define. Culture Ethnicity is a multi-dimensional concept. Race, place of origin, ethnic identification, and ethnic culture are used as indicators of ethnicity in health research. Most of the studies of ethnicity however, fail to recognize important cultural variations and differences within an ethnic group. Often the lack of uniformity and precision in the research methodology and measurement of ethnicity make meaningful comparisons difficult. Some studies define ethnicity as the place of birth of the subjects, or the national origin of paternal or sometimes maternal ancestry (4-17, p.121). In the 1991 Canadian Census, ethnic origin refers to the ethnic or cultural group(s) to which the respondent's ancestors belong (7-1). Although Canada, and especially Ontario, has become increasingly pluralistic over the years, health research that addresses ethnic and cultural diversity has not flourished. In Ontario, ethnic minority groups are still largely under-represented in major health studies (1-9). Cultural and language barriers may explain some of the limiting factors and complexity in conducting research with newcomers; such as the cost of having culturally trained interpreters.

8. El Museo Del Barrio
   landscape or cityscape, but includes cultural aspects such as will preserve andproject the cultural heritage of Puerto Ricans and all latin americans in the  
   http://www.elmuseo.org/lehighpr.html
   
   Extractions: Opening Reception: October 26, 2000 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. New York, NY, Ocotber 12, 2000- El Museo del Barrio announces the opening of Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection , a selection of more than 100 photographs by 50 modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino artists drawn from the extensive permanent collection of Lehigh University Art Galleries, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This distinguished photography collection, a teaching tool and work-study resource, contains approximately 2500 images from all over the world that represent both the science and the art-the technological evolution and the diversity of vision-of the photographic medium. The exhibition at El Museo is organized by Guest Curator Ricardo Viera, Director/Curator of the Lehigh University Art Galleries, Professor of Art at Lehigh University and a nationally recognized specialist of Latin American and Caribbean photography. Viera initiated the Lehigh University collection in 1974, for which he sought out works by artists of different nationalities. Since the mid-1970s, when few curators in the U.S. were collecting examples of Latin American work, Viera has amassed an impressive body of more than three hundred images by Latin American photographers.

9. From The Field
   The littleknown field of Jewish latin American Literature, an essay by Stephen Sadow.Category Arts Literature World Literature latin American most Jewish americans, Jewish latin americans had their field of Jewish studies, latinAmerican Jewish sociology, demographics, and cultural aspects of Jewish  
   http://www.numag.neu.edu/0001/ftf.html
   
   Extractions: By Stephen Sadow A subset of the field of Jewish studies, Latin American Jewish studies investigates the history, sociology, demographics, and cultural aspects of Jewish communities and individuals from Latin America and the Caribbean. What do you do when you are working with a literature that is obscure outside of its home culture? What do you do when members of one culture know little of another culture, and vice versa? Responding to these questions, I decided upon an approach that would take me far beyond traditional literary criticism. Through a series of "voyages of discovery" to Jewish communities in Latin America, a growing number of correspondences with writers, literary critics, psychologists, even mystics, and an enormous amount of reading, I immersed myself in the Jewish literature and culture of Latin America. These writers wrote of the strains of being in the minority, of balancing Jewish and Hispanic culture, of Jewish tradition, of optimism for the future, of Zionism, and of the Holocaust. It became my intention to enter this literary culture as a step towards truly understanding its writings. I wanted to see the world as a Jewish Latin American writer saw it. More importantly, it was my goal to become a transmitter of culture from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.

10. Bienal - Official Artists - El Salvador - Carlos Cañas
    through the historical and cultural aspects present in called magical realism, acultural phenomenon which reality of the latinamericans (more specifically  
    http://www.uol.com.br/23bienal/paises/ipsv.htm
    
    Extractions: Among the many generations of artists and painters and even among the best living artists in El Salvador an indisputable, controversial and relevant figure emerges in an outstanding way. We are referring to an artist whose journey began when he was 22 years old and who is 72 today. He is a professional who expresses himself in a complete manner and continues to develop a personal artistic output as well as devoting himself without interruption to his didactic activity, started many decades ago. He was responsible for supplying artistic background to many generations coming from different walks of life. Carlos Cañas is this artist. We, the three curators, decided in unanimity to pay homage to Don Carlos with this 50 years retrospective held in the important event which takes place this year in São Paulo. When Don Carlos returns from the Bienal Internacional de São Paulo he will also be granted another homage in El Salvador. From 1959 to 1969 Carlos Cañas worked on the semi-abstract monumental series. Later, in an ideological and political auto-analysis in which he questions the validity of abstract art in Latin-America he began the dramatic expressionist series Los Hospitales. It was after this series that he began to work with what will later be called "magical realism," a cultural phenomenon which will encompass Latin-American conscience in all its manifestations. Even when he addresses the tragic reality of the Latin-Americans (more specifically the people from San Salvador) his work is developed according to an aesthetic approach which transforms and displaces symbols to the language sphere of colors and shapes with a clear purpose of achieving an aesthetic transcendence. This leads to the emergence of works which have a great concern with perfection; his work is both dashing and committed to strict standards, a fact which conveys to the spectator a feeling of happiness.

11. 400-level Classes
    literature, and culture of Afrolatin americans from the development of the cinemain latin America from the origin of certain cultural aspects, phenomena, and  
    http://www.tulane.edu/~spanport/Course/400.html
    
    Extractions: Course Number Course Title Cr Instructor Description 400-level classes SPAN 401 Introduction to Literature Staff Prerequisite: SPAN 325 . This course will provide an introduction to the principles of literary analysis through selected Hispanic authors. Special attention will be devoted to the specificity of each genre, to literary terminology, and to research methods. SPAN 402 Business and Legal Spanish Staff Prerequisite: one 300-level Spanish course or departmental approval . This course will study the Spanish language as it is used in busieness and law, providing students with knowledge about the lexicon, usages, and practices in the Spanish-speaking world. SPAN 403 Spanisf for the Health Sciences Staff This course will provide a well-rounded introduction of Spanish for health sciences. The course is designed for intermediate to advanced proficiency students. It is intended for pre-medical and public health majors and minors, as well as for graduate students at the medical and public health schools. Spanish majors, and double majors from other fields, are also encouraged to enroll. SPAN 410 Constructions of Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Culture Bass, Dangler, Irwin, Miller, Pavlovic, Shea

12. South Florida Multi-Cultural Directory
    children and adults on all aspects of Polynesian Expanding and Preserving our CulturalHeritage PO from latin America Target latin americans Fees Children's  
    http://southflorida.sun-sentinel.com/news/multicultural/cultural2.htm

13. 17th Annual Journalists And Editors Workshop Examines Latin America And The Cari
    are often disturbed by how close latin americans stand when students will researcha latin American country to address the crosscultural aspects of conducting  
    http://lacc.fiu.edu/events_outreach/teacher_training/retraidos.htm
    
    Extractions: Rationale In an era where business transactions take place within an intensely competitive global economy, success is increasingly defined in terms of cross-cultural understanding. This success often requires not only speaking the language of the customer, but also developing a deeper sensitivity to, and an appreciation for, the values, beliefs, and customs of the host culture. This lesson illustrates how a lack of cross-cultural understanding might affect a business transaction between an American and a Latin American businessperson. Objectives The students will: Analyze events form the perspectives of various ethnic and minority groups.

14. 17th Annual Journalists And Editors Workshop Examines Latin America And The Cari
    attitudes, ways of behaving, and other aspects of life the students will developa cultural profile of majority (more than 90%) of latin americans are Roman  
    http://lacc.fiu.edu/events_outreach/teacher_training/other_americans.htm
    
    Extractions: Rationale In order to better understand Latin America and the Caribbean, its land and people must be appreciated in their own right. The social and cultural tapestry of the region is rich and diverse. This diversity is reflected in the language, ethnicity, and customs of its people, as well as in the geography of the region. Thus, it is important that students recognize that, although there are some generalizations about Latin America and the Caribbean that hold true, there are also many exceptions. In this lesson, students will explore some of the myths and realities that define Latin America today.

15. Humanities Modules
    08MAR-2001 This module focuses on social and cultural aspects of latin Americatoday. It considers the changing values of latin americans with respect to  
    http://www.soc.staffs.ac.uk/~cmteh/hs/HS60347-1ELECT.HTML
    
    Extractions: This module focuses on social and cultural aspects of Latin America today. It considers the changing values of Latin Americans with respect to family values (e.g. Role of women, religion, divorce, youth), law and order (e.g. the army, police, drugs, violence) and environment (e.g. pollution, housing, environmental protection). It also investigates new trends in popular culture, the media and the Arts. New topics will be introduced or existing ones receive greater emphasis in order to reflect changing values and priorities. Learning Outcomes Date Last Changed: 08-MAR-2001 Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: - The main social and cultural aspects of Latin America today. - Through contribution in workshops they will improve their presentation skills and their ability to work in co-operation with other students. Assessment Date Last Changed: 08-MAR-2001

16. Spector, Rachel E. Cultural Diversity In Health And Illness.
    Spector, Rachel E. cultural Diversity in americans / Intercultural communication /latin americans / Medical care Political aspects / Native americans  
    http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/comp/Materials/Database/background.0015.ht
    
    Extractions: Materials Index Page Background Information about Health and Literacy Index Page Spector, Rachel E. Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness . 4th ed. Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1996. Available from: Appleton and Lange; phone (800) 423-1359; $36.95. While directed primarily toward health professionals, this 407-page textbook includes a wealth of information that could help adult educators understand the health care beliefs of their students. Unit One helps health care providers become aware of their own beliefs about health and illness. Unit Two focuses on problems encountered by clients when using the health care system and ways in which medicine has become an instrument of social control. Included is a description of alternatives to the allopathic tradition, including "magico-religious" alternatives. Unit Three includes chapters on how different communitiesincluding African Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, Native Americans, and Whitesview and experience health and illness. Extensive bibliographies and organizational resources are included. Keywords: African Americans / Alternative medicine /Asian Americans / Intercultural communication / Latin Americans / Medical care Political aspects / Native Americans / White ethnic communities

17. ASU Libraries -- Cultural Variations In Health
    Bibliography of Native North americans, 1600 Library Online issues to unique coverageof latin American arts and of books about the cultural aspects of health  
    http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/health/culture.htm
    
    Extractions: Health research on an ethnic or cultural group typically requires using the resources in both the Noble for science and Hayden for social science aspects. Government Documents Service at Hayden is a very good source of information since much of the research in this field is sponsored by government agencies such as th Indian Health Service and the Office of Minority Health. Specific ethnic groups. The Library of Congress classification has set terminology to describe ethnic groups, and this terminology does not change very often. However, the terms in popular usage tend to change frequently. Native American (or plural) is the current popular usage but almost all journal indexes and the Library of Congress classification use some variation of Indian(s). The point is, if you are trying to do very comprehensive research on a cultural or ethnic group, please keep in mind all the possible terms that might have been used over the years to describe the group. Then add these to the health topics you want to research. If you only need a few articles or books, then a single term will probably work.

18. Latin Flavor Perks Up D.C. -- The Washington Times
    latinos, he continues, are assimilating aspects of black hip The quality of thecity's cultural life is coming along, and latin americans will continue  
    http://www.washtimes.com/arts/20021012-2138289.htm

19. Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer : Online Learning : Some Spanish Languag
    Politics Internet Directories cultural aspects Professional Resources sectinsPortal, World, latin American, US Hispanic americans in Congress, 18221995  
    http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/Algunos/spanish.html

20. SPRING 2003COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
    socioeconomic, historical and cultural aspects of these forms of economic and culturalimperialism. created circumstances under which latin americans have had  
    http://www.albany.edu/lacs/S03course-descriptions.html
    
    Extractions: SPRING 2003COURSE DESCRIPTIONS A Lcs 100 Cultures of Latin America (3) Survey of the diverse pre-Columbian and New World cultures of Spanish and Portuguese America. Focus on the interactions of Indian, European, and Black cultural elements and on the complexities of what is known as Latin American culture. The study of the most distinctive elements of culture such as race, social systems and institutions, folklore and cultural expressions will take precedence over historical events. A Lcs 100Z is the writing intensive version of A Lcs 100; only one may be taken for credit. A Lcs 100Z is the writing intensive version of A Lcs 100; only one may be taken for credit. [WI] A Lcs 150 (= A Ant 146) Puerto Rico: People, History and Culture (3) TTh 8:15-9:35 – Prof. Tully A Lcs 201 Hispanic Cultures in the United States (3) TTh 11:15-12:35 – Prof. Santiago-Rivera Intensive examination of Hispanic American society. Major Hispanic groups (e.g., Puerto Ricans, Mexican-Americans, Cubans) will be studied with emphasis on interaction between these groups and mainstream society, culture and value change in contact situations, and efforts to deal with prejudice and discrimination. [DP]

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