Crecimiento urbanístico en la zona costera de la Comunidad Valenciana (1987-2009)

Si creyéramos a Ovidio, los romanos magnificaban el amor y la sexualidad. Pero no eran tan libres como nos hacen pensar sus elegías, sus poemas eróticos y sus estatuas. En este libro, Paul Veyne nos proporciona una imagen de Roma totalmente distinta: la de una sociedad llena de tabúes, en la que coexiste el refinamiento aristocrático con la brutalidad; la virtud republicana y la violencia erigida en espectáculo; entre la justicia y la ley del Talión. De este modo, el autor nos muestra un mundo lleno de luces y sombras y nos revela las múltiples facetas de los romanos en relación con...

Literary Nonfiction. LGBT Studies. "CHICANA LESBIANS is a love poem, a bible, a dictionary, nothing so simple as a manifesto—this book is yet another reason to believe—to believe in the girls our mothers warned us about, brown girls, lesbians, making their own love poems, bibles, dictionaries, manifestoes, reasons to believe."—Dorothy Allison "When I was selling books at a Chicana conference, I noticed book buyers were literally afraid to touch this anthology. I say now what I said then, 'Don't be scared. Sexuality is not contagious, but ignorance is.' If you've ever been curious, been...

The exploits of gods, goddesses, demons, monsters, heroes, and heroines come vividly to life in this illustrated anthology of more than 300 myths from around the world. From ancient Greece to indigenous Africa, mankind's most powerful and imaginative stories are retold in a modern accessible style. Full-color illustrations are featured throughout, including photographs of ancient artifacts, ruins, paintings, prints, and sculptures, bringing together centuries of artistic products and the myths that inspired them. Las hazañas de infinidad de dioses, diosas, demonios, monstruos, héroes y...

An ethnographic look at how traditional Maya families in the Puuc hills today store various materials and what it is they store. The information garnered is then considered for its implications in archaeological reconstructions, with particular application to the remains at Sayil. Complete text in English and Spanish.