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Crime, Violence and the State in Latin America


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English | ISBN: 0367529467 | 2020 | 144 pages | EPUB | 1175 KB
In this succinct text, Jonathan D. Rosen and Hanna Samir Kassab explore the linkage between weak institutions and government policies designed to combat drug trafficking, organized crime, and violence in Latin America.

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Love as a Collective Action Latin America, Emotions and Interstitial Practices


Free Download Adrian Scribano, "Love as a Collective Action: Latin America, Emotions and Interstitial Practices "
English | ISBN: 0367246473 | 2019 | 176 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book makes evident how love, as an interstitial practice, produces a set of collective practices and how, through a mapping of these practices, it is possible to observe the connection between the politics of sensibilities and social conflict.

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Lesbian Voices From Latin America


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English | ISBN: 0415790425 | 2017 | 240 pages | EPUB | 297 KB
In spite of the attention that Latin American women writers have attracted in recent years, a book dedicated exclusively to those writers whose work primarily articulates a lesbian perspective was until now missing. The purpose of this book, first published in 1996, is to bring attention to and examine the articulation of lesbian themes, motifs and issues in the works of these writers. It aims to study the problems pertaining to the specific literary representations of lesbianism and to examine the dimensions of a lesbian view in the works. By undertaking the study of the works of these women writers, this book contributes to the recognition and legitimization of a lesbian literary discourse.

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Medical Latin in the Roman Empire


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English | 2000 | pages: 269 | ISBN: 0198152795 | PDF | 51,0 mb
Despite the ubiquitous importance of medicine in Roman literature, philosophy, and social history, the language of Latin medical texts has not been properly studied. This book presents the first systematic account of a part of this large, rich field. Concentrating on texts of "high" medicine written in educated, even literary, Latin Langslow offers a detailed linguistic profile of the medical terminology of Celsus and Scribonius Largus (first century AD) and Theodorus Priscianus and Cassius Felix (fifth century AD), with frequent comparisons with their respective near-contemporaries.

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Latin Cuisine Discover the Delicious Tastes of Latin Cooking with Easy Latin Recipes (2nd Edition)


Free Download Latin Cuisine: Discover the Delicious Tastes of Latin Cooking with Easy Latin Recipes (2nd Edition) by BookSumo Press
English | February 24, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0851MHHWT | 84 pages | PDF | 2.26 Mb
Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply.

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Key Texts for Latin American Sociology


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English | ISBN: 1526490250 | 2019 | 456 pages | EPUB | 1047 KB
Key Texts for Latin American Sociology is the first book to curate and translate into English key texts from the Latin American Sociological canon. By bringing together texts from leading sociologists in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Bolivia, and Uruguay, the book provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of issues in Latin American Sociology; drawing attention to embedded issues such as inequalities, identities, development, oppression and representation.

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