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Latin American P.O. Box 7328 Redlands CA 92375 Book Store Tel: 800-645-4276 Fax: 909-335-9945 www.latinamericanbooks.com [email protected] Argentina Catalogue, April 2018 History 1. Arenes, Carolina and Astrid Pikielny. HIJOS DE LOS 70. HISTORIAS DE LA GENERACIÓN QUE HEREDÓ LA TRAGEDIA ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Sudamericana (Investigación periodística) , 2016. 349p., bibl., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789500754637. "Hijos de los 70" is a collection of testimonies and interviews that detail how the children whose parents were victims of Argentina's violence in the 70s live today, exploring the aftermath of the tragic decade. Journalists Carolina Arenes and Astrid Pikielny also spoke with children whose parents were prosecuted for crimes against humanity, and must visit them in prisons or accompany them in court. This work captures the crossroads of the next generation, and the story of grown children who are burdened by a past that refuses to be hidden in the shadows. (65754) $49.90 2. Arnoux, Elvira Narvaja de (ed.). DISCURSIVIDADES POLÍTICAS: EN TORNO DE LOS PERONISMOS. Buenos Aires: Cabiria, (Col. Elementos, 2), 2017. 224p., photos, facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. New. Paperback. ISBN: 9789874574312. "Discursividades políticas: En torno de los peronismos" is a collection of discourses and essays produced during the height of Peronism in Argentina, providing a thorough examination of the resistance to the government during the time. Contents include: "Introducción. En torno a la tradición retórica: apuntes para la lectura", "Dispositivos argumentativos de articulación de lo general y lo particular: a propósito de Descartes (Juan Domingo Perón) en Democracia (1951-1952)", "Entre enemigos y traidores: la conformitas en la retórica de la Primera Resistencia Peronista (1955-1958)", "La integración latinoamericana en los discursos de Cristina Fernández", "Ethos y escenografía digitales y verbales en la construcción de subjetividades políticas en sitios web 'anti K (2008-2013)" and "La garganta poderosa: un grito en/contra la precariedad". (64661) $29.90 3. Asís, Jorge. MEMORIAS TERGIVERSADAS. Buenos Aires: Sudamericana (Narrativa) , 2017. 297p., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789500757485. "Memorias tergiversadas" is an autobiography by Argentine writer and journalist Jorge Asís that reflects on the last fifty years of Argentina. Asís is also the author of "La familia tipo", "Fe de ratas", "Carne picada", "El Buenos Aires de Oberdán Rocamora", "Canguros III", "El pretexto de París", "Hombre de gris", "Tulipanes salvajes en agua de rosas", "Diario de la Argentina", "Excelencias de la NADA", "Lesca, el fascista irreductible", and "Del Flore a Montparnasse", among many other titles. (65764) $39.90 1 4. Azcuy Ameghino, Eduardo. HISTORIA DE ARTIGAS Y LA INDEPENDENCIA ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires: Ediciones CICCUS, Imago Mundi, 2015. 390p., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789507931956. "Historia de Artigas y la independencia Argentina" is a study on soldier and revolutionary leader José Artigas and his role in Argentine history. Contents include: "La revolución de Mayo", "Historia de Artigas y la independencia argentina", "Aspectos económicos del artiguismo", "Artigas y los pueblos originarios", and "Tierra, sociedad y revolución". (65683) $49.90 5. Baschetti, Roberto . EVA PERÓN: ACCIÓN DE GOBIERNO Y MITO POPULAR Ilustraciones Nora Patrich. Más de 300 fotos inéditas. Buenos Aires: Jironesdemivida (Colección 'No me olvides' Libro 4), 2017. 230p., photos, illus., facsimiles, wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789874583048. "Eva Perón: Acción de gobierno y mito popular" provides a historical account of Eva Perón and her political and social successes as Argentina's beloved first lady, told both through texts and images, including 300 unedited photos. Contents include: "Eva Perón", "Prólogo", "Evita con Perón", "Evita y su género", "Obra social de gobierno", "Política nacional", "Evita y los trabajadores", "La función pública", "El amor de su Pueblo" and "Evita a todo color". (63484) $49.90 6. Batticuore, Graciela . LECTORAS DEL SIGLO XIX: IMAGINARIOS Y PRÁCTICAS EN LA ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires: Ampersand (Colección: Scripta Manent; 13) , 2017. 174p., photos, illus., facsimiles, bibl., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789874161024. "Lectoras del siglo XIX" is a study on the history of women reading in Argentina, specifically examining why and what they have typcially read within the context of pre and post-revolutionary Argentine culture. Contents include: "La lectora de periódicos", "La lectora de cartas", and "La lectora de novelas". (65813) $39.90 7. Bertí, Eduardo. POR QUÉ ESCUCHAMOS A ANÍBAL TROILO. Buenos Aires: Gourmet Musical Ediciones , 2017. 123p., bibl., index, wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789873823206. "Por qué escuchamos a Aníbal Troilo" is a study that delves into the reasons why some artists -- from different genres, origins, and times -- become essential, timeless, and unique, transcending the vagaries and whims of the music market. The work particularly examines Argentine musician, composer, and conductor Aníbal Troilo as an example of this phenemonon. Troilo's popularity elevated and transformed him into a Buenos Aires myth. (65809) $29.90 8. Borucki, Alex. DE COMPAÑEROS DE BARCO A CAMARADAS DE ARMAS: IDENTIDADES NEGRAS EN EL RÍO DE LA PLATA, 1760-1860. Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros (Historia argentina / Garavaglia, Juan Carlos; 13), 2017. 301p., maps, photos, facsimiles, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789875748323. "De compañeros de barco a camaradas de armas" analyzes the lives of Africans in Buenos Aires and Montevideo between 1760 and 1860, particularly detailing how enslaved Africans created social identities based on shared experiences, such as survival in the slave ships, and participation in the revolution. Contents include: "Esclavitud, guerra y abolición en el Río de la Plata", "La base de la población negra del Río de la Plata, 1777-1839", "Redes de compañeros de barco e identidades africanas, 1760-1810", "Liderazgo y redes en milicias negras, cofradías y tambos", "¿Un plan propio? Batallones negros y políticas caudillistas", "Asociaciones de base africana, Candombe y el Día de Reyes, 1830-1860", and "Jacinto Ventura de Molina, un letrado negro de Montevideo, 1766-1841". (65582) $49.90 2 9. Calello, Tomás Daniel . TANGO SIGLO XXI: UNA HISTORIA DEL GÉNERO Y EL ESPECTÁCULO EN LA ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos (Artes y medios) , 2017. 213p., bibl., wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789876916271. "Tango siglo XXI" examines the relationship between tango, subjectivity, and society throughout history, dealing particularly with the artistic singularity of gender as a sociocultural synthesis that prefigures social and political relations. Author Tomás Calello also analyzes scripts, films, articles, books, and performances related to tango that provide insight into the complex web of social and cultural conflicts (including gender), along with the expectations of modern Argentine society. (65752) $34.90 10. Campo, Carlos Alberto del (comp.). JORGE ABELARDO RAMOS, ASÍ LO VIERON. Buenos Aires: Fundación CICCUS, Ediciones de Corredor Austral, 2015. 201p., wrps. new. Paperback. ISBN: 9789876936828. "Jorge Abelardo Ramos, así lo vieron" is a compilation of texts on the life and work of Jorge Abelardo Ramos, including letters, opinion pieces, anecdotes, and more. Abelardo Ramos was an Argentine politician, historian, publicist, editor, and writer, as well as a creator of the political and ideological movement called the National Left. He is considered one of the most outstanding intellectuals in Latin American history, and is most known for his internationally-renowned work, "Historia de la Nación Latinoamericana”. (65681) $34.90 11. Campo, Javier. REVOLUCIÓN Y DEMOCRACIA: EL CINE DOCUMENTAL ARGENTINO DEL EXILIO (1976-1984). Buenos Aires: Fundación CICCUS (Cine documental), 2017. 205p., photos, bibl., index, wrps. New . Paperback. ISBN: 9789876937092. "Revolución y democracia" is a comprehensive study on documentary films produced in Argentina from 1976-1984, particularly focusing on political documentaries that chronicled the dictatorship, exile, the socio-political framework and more. Contents include: "De la espada a la palabra. El marco sociopolítico", "Antes y después de la dictadura y el exilio", "La oftensiva revolucionaria: el documental político argentino entre 1968 y 1976", "Características más importantes del documental político argentino del período revolucionario (1968-1976)", "La denuncia: el documental político argentino entre 1984 y 1989", "Características más importantes del documental político argentino de la transición democrática (1984-1989)", "La resistencia: el documental político argentino entre 1976-1984", "Persistencia de la moral, ausencia de ánimo", "Historias de la revolución, aún", "Letras y sonidas para reflexionar", "Copar la sala de montaje", "Conclusión: valor del cine del exilio" and "Una comparación integral: El saldo de las batallas estéticas reales". (62761) $39.90 12. Casas, Bartolomé de las (Spain, 1472-1566). BREVÍSIMA RELACIÓN DE LA DESTRUCCIÓN DE LAS INDIAS. Buenos Aires: Corregidor, (La Inteligencia americana, 8), 2017. 146p. new. Paperback. ISBN: 9789500531533. "Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias" chronicles the mistreatment of and atrocities committed against the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the colonial era. The text was written for Charles I of Spain by Spanish Dominican friar Bartolomé