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The life and the movies of a princess who transformed into a star of Hollywood and later returned to her country for a second illustrious cinematic career. Her discreet but intense personal life, (including her love affairs with Orson Wells and Emilio el "Indio" Fernandez) her increasing and varied talent as an actress, and her presence in the cultural and political life of Mexico are some of the themes of this complete portrait. La vida y las películas de una princesa que se convirtió en estrella de Hollywood, para regresar después a su patria para continuar con su ilustre y carismática Carrera cinematográfica. Su discreta pero intensa vida personal (incluidos sus amores con Orson Wells y Emilio "Indio" Fernández) su creciente y variado talento como actriz, y su presencia en la vida política y cultural de México son algunos de los temas que complementan este documental
Director:
Álvaro Vázquez Mantecón
DVD:
Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Company: Xenon
(2004-10-12)
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In interviews with more than 50 working jewelers, and featuring over 280 color photographs of their exquisite work, Mark Bahti shows how American Indian jewelers blend tradition with innovation and art with craft. Among American artists, Native American jewelers are unsurpassed. These portraits also reveal the personor familywho created these stunning bracelets, rings, necklaces, and other expressions of art in precious metals and gems. 286 full-color photos.Author: Mark Bahti
Paperback: 212 pages
Company: Rio Nuevo (2008-09-22)
ISBN: 1933855290
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". . . an extremely important novel . . . quite startling in its revelations of money and gender as key social mechanisms in nineteenth-century Brazilian life."
Daphne Patai, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of women's studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"It is a truth universally acknowledged . . ." that a single woman in possession of a good character but no fortune must be in want of a wealthy husbandthat is, if she is the heroine of a nineteenth-century novel. Senhora, by contrast, turns the tables on this familiar plot. Its strong-willed, independent heroine Aurélia uses newly inherited wealth to "buy back" and exact revenge on the fiancé who had left her for a woman with a more enticing dowry.
This exciting Brazilian novel, originally published in 1875 and here translated into English for the first time, raises many questions about traditional gender relationships, the commercial nature of marriage, and the institution of the dowry. While conventional marital roles triumph in the end, the novel still offers realistic insights into the social and economic structure of Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1800s. With its unexpected plot, it also opens important new perspectives on the nineteenth-century Romantic novel.
Author: José de Alencar
Paperback: 219 pages
Company: University of Texas Press (1994)
ISBN: 029270450X
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This book examines one of the most important and complex of the world's tropical rainforest regions: the greater Panama Canal Watershed. The Rio Chagres is the primary water source for operating the Canal, and supplies potable water for municipal use and electricity generation, but science has left this important national resource largely unstudied. The text promotes understanding of the physical and ecological components of an isolated and largely pristine tropical rainforest.Hardcover: 354 pages
Company: Springer (2005-08)
ISBN: 1402032986
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