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Notas Para Una Teoría Glotopolítica, José Del Valle

Publications and Research

En este artículo se define la glotopolítica como perspectiva intelectual y se identifican sus posiciones teóricas en relación con el lenguaje. Esta definición, se afirma, supone una apuesta interdisciplinaria en la que la sociolingüística crítica busca activamente establecer relaciones dialógicas con disciplinas tales como la antropología, la filosofía, la historiografía o la sociología. En este sentido, el artículo aborda la visión del lenguaje del crítico literario y cultural galés Raymond Williams, y de las posibilidades metodológicas y teóricas que ofrece su concepto de palabras clave.

This article discusses the theoretical underpinnings of glottopolitical studies, defined as an intellectual perspective. Such …

Manila’S Black Nazarene And The Reign Of Bathala, Antonio D. Sison

Journal of Global Catholicism

A consideration of how the dynamics surrounding Manila's Black Nazarene express crucial themes in the Filipino psyche. The article specifically addresses the importance of "felt-experience" (pagdama) in devotion to the Black Nazarene as well as its connections to indigenous Filipino religion.

Catholicism In Context: Religious Practice In Latin America, Gustavo Morello Sj

Journal of Global Catholicism

A critical problem to study Catholicism in the context of Latin American modernity, is that the conceptual tools we use to study religion were designed to understand the transformations that modernity provoked in European religiosity. Studies on the religion of Latin Americans have largely explored the religiosity of the population through surveys that measure attendance, adherence and affiliation. While some anthropologists have explored religious practices among particular groups, we do not know how ordinary, urban Latin Americans practice religion. To fill this gap, a group of researchers from Boston College, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Catholic University of Córdoba, and …

Editor's Introduction, Mathew N. Schmalz

Journal of Global Catholicism

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Variedades. Second Edition. Intermediate/ Advanced Spanish Conversation, Carmela V. Mattza

Faculty Publications

VARIEDADES. Second Edition. Intermediate/ Advanced Spanish Conversation is a textbook for the student at the intermediate / advanced intermediate level. Through audiovisual activities, the student is expected to put their previous knowledge into practice and improve their ability to understand, write, listen, and speak in Spanish. VARIEDADES offers communicative activities that can be easily adapted into courses of different levels. In addition, it offers an appendix of activities with films and a Spanish grammar section that by subject directs the student to electronic databases that are freely accessible or are part of the Open Access platform.

La Esfera Lúdica: Entretenimiento Popular En El Espacio Público Urbano Del Río De La Plata, 1870-1933, Maria Soledad Mocchi Radichi

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I focus on popular ludic and cultural practices that shaped the urban spaces of Uruguay and Argentina at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. I argue that by inhabiting the public sphere in close dialogue with modernization and urbanization, popular entertainment became a main protagonist within everyday life. Cultural practices such as carnival, theater, soccer, radio, and cinema, presented intersections between each other. These intersections generated what I term the ludic urban sphere, to underscore not just the overwhelming presence of play and entertainment as central elements in the urban landscape, …

New Word Learning In Spanish/English Bilingual Children, Haley Wemple

Honors Projects

This study aims to examine how Spanish-speaking ELLs learn new words and their features within a storytelling context. Specifically, the aim is it learn how ELLs build their vocabularies by creating taxonomic (i.e. categorical) and thematic relations between novel and known words.

Healthcare Access Barriers And Proposed Solutions For Limited English-Proficient (Lep) Latinx Patients In Southwest Michigan, Carmen Vinkemulder

Honors Theses

This research study explores the circumstances and experiences of LatinX patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) when seeking treatment in the healthcare system of Southwest Michigan, in addition to proposing solutions to better facilitate this population’s access. The terminology used in this research, LatinX, is an American English neologism used as a genderinclusive term used interchangeably with Latino/a and/or Hispanic. This research provides an overview of the current socio-political legislature and climate of the American healthcare system as it pertains to the LatinX population to spread awareness and identify the barriers existing in our current healthcare model. This study will …

Mapping The New Latinx Identity: How Native Beliefs And Magic Realism In Latinx Literature And Culture Extrapolate The Need To Develop One's Identity Through The Retention Of Native Origins, Megan Hansen

Fall Student Research Symposium 2021

The disparity between the yearning to belong to a society and the inability to find acceptance within it plagues Latinx immigrants as they struggle to establish a balance between their culture of origin and the need for assimilation in the United States. A partial formation of identity in both spaces leaves Latinx immigrants torn between assimilation or isolation, creating internal conflict as they strive to locate a space to belong. Using the theme of folk religion under the scope of magic realism as the canvas, Latinx authors, such as Ernesto Quiñónez in Changó´s Fire and Taína, Érika Sánchez in …

Trauma In Latinx Communities In The United States As Seen Through Literature, Jessica Snider, Kate Allen

Fall Student Research Symposium 2021

Multifaceted trauma is a common aspect of the minority experience in the United States, and Latinx are no exception. They experience discrimination, racism, poverty, and a convergence of cultures that leave them with an ambivalent sense of identity. The premise of this research is to show how historical traumas provoke in the main characters a desire to escape their plight through seeking education, expressing themselves through writing, and distancing themselves from their heritage. This study utilizes Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street (1983), Ernesto Quiñónez’s Chango’s Fire (2004) and Taína (2019), Érika L. Sánchez’s I Am Not Your Perfect …

Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights! Forced Sterilization Of Latino Communities And The Long Histroy Of Human Rights Violations In The United States, Jenna Riches, Andria Araujo

Fall Student Research Symposium 2021

As a post-colonial nation, the United States of America has denounced the attitudes of blatant racism and discrimination against marginalized groups. However, racism is deeply embedded within the laws and organizations of the country. This phenomenon is called institutional or systemic racism and manifests discrimination in almost all public and private sectors of society, including employment, housing, healthcare and education. Because these attitudes and procedures are so ingrained in our society, it is very difficult to identify certain policies as being racist or discriminatory, and therefore it is even more difficult to change these harmful practices. This research will examine …

Las Montañas, Peyton Streiff

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Hay lugares especiales en los cuales el tiempo se detiene. Las montañas son uno de esos lugares. Hay pajaritos que cantan, animales que corren en busqueda de comida y un montañero solito con nada más que el sonido del viento. Arriba de todo, los desafíos y preocupaciones salen volando con la brisa y todo en ese momento está bien.

El Lápiz, Logan Baker

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Destruir el lápiz es fácil. Hay muchas opciones para hacerlo. Para romperlo en dos pedazos, ponle fuerza en los dos extremos del lápiz. Tire el lápiz por el suelo.

Donna La Yegua, Ellie Christensen

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Donna anda por el campo en busca de su amigo Flash. Ellos son los mejores amigos. Han sido amigos por casi diez años ya. Por eso, han llegado al punto en su amistad en que puedan expresar todos sus sentimientos. Donna cuenta Flash de su odio por Wyatt, su compañero del trabajo. Donna no entiende por qué no puede halar vagones con Flash en lugar de Wyatt. Igual, ella trabaja dura por sus choferes preferidos. Si no fuera por ellos, ella no le gustaría hacer nada.

La Hamaca, Anna Lamoreaux

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

En la vida temprana de la hamaca, estaba haciendo una excursión con su familia. No planearon bien y una tormenta grande y fuerte crecía en el área. En la conmoción, todas los miembros de su familia se separaron y la hamaca fue dejada a solas en el medio del bosque. No sabía qué hacer cuando no tenía a alguien con qui en estar ni algo a qué agarrarse. No había nadie por cientos de millas. La hamaca sobrevivió la tormenta pero andaba sola por mucho tiempo.

La Vida Secreta De Las Cucharas, Gabriela Christiansen

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

El cuerpo cursivo, cumple con su propósito Cuya cúspide curvada lleva lo sabrosito. Chapulines, champiñones, salchichas para tí Y champaña, chacarero, y concha para para mí No te preocupes, nadie te juzgará rara, Lo racional no importa tanto como la sonrisa en tu cara.

El Cactus, Jake Vurpillat

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Amanece. Cada día pasa, no lo he visto fallar: El sol brilla tan fuerte y nos da luz. Somos mucho aquí en este desierto, y todos estamos hartos de sus rayos. Los coyotes y pumas duermen, Y los roedores y reptiles se esconden. Pero nosotros no tenemos esa opción, nos quedamos en el sol todo el día. Pero por alguna razón, me gusta. Y después de un día muy largo y caloroso atardece.

Chocolate, Maybree Spilsbury

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Chocolate es marrón y tiene muchas formas diferentes. Muchas veces el diseño es importante para vendederos y estético pero la cosa más importante es como sabe el chocolate. Chocolate diseño por empresas de chocolate y dulces.

El Laptop, Elijah Larson

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Tenían aluminio. Tenían plástico. Tenían cobre. Tenían miles de componentes diferentes. Juntaron todo y tenían un laptop.

La Fruta, Jacey Wilson

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Para comprar fruta, obviamente puede ir a una tienda grande. Pero, para comprar la fruta más fresca, deberías encontrar una frutería y comprarlo por ahí. Cuando estaba manejando por las calles del campo en Oregon, vi una frutería y paré para comprar mangos. El hombre que los estaba vendiendo por su camión me dijo que la fruta era de México.

Mi Perrita, Kaleb White

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

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Apepenas su corazón deja de latir tan rápido. La Perrita persuige a una hoja en el viente.

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Tan aburrido está la Perrita cuando no tiene con quien jugar. Que horrible sería esto.

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Corre la perrita como está mirando a una torta.

Las Montañas, Tate Richman

Microrrelatos (Flash Fiction) Collection

Si yo pudiera ser cualquier cosa, sería un glaciar. Los glaciares son tan bonitos. Cada vez que cae la nieve, trato de atrapar todo la que sea posible. Ojalá que un día me convierta en un glaciar y todo el mundo me vea.

Memoria Y Fractura Social En El Ruido De Las Cosas Al Caer De Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Luis Mora-Ballesteros

Publications and Research

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivos el análisis de algunas características de la memoria en la novela El ruido de las cosas al caer de Juan Gabriel Vásquez, establecer vínculos entre la novela y la narrativa de la sicaresca colombiana y caracterizar el trauma experimentado por algunos de sus personajes. Se trata de una novela con características que la incluyen dentro de la ficción contemporánea colombiana que a su vez forma parte de la sicaresca: un concepto clave sobre violencia, criminalidad, derechos humanos y narcotráfico expresados en la novela colombiana.

Deconstruyendo Narrativas Coloniales En Relatos Cortos Latinoamericanos, Olivia Gabrielle Bradley

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Este artículo investiga cómo los autores de América Latina deconstruyen las narrativas coloniales en sus cuentos. Los cuatro relatos analizados son "Chac mool" por Carlos Fuentes, "Coatlicue" por Elena Poniatowska, "La noche boca arriba" por Julio Cortázar y "La culpa es de los Tlaxcaltecas" por Elena Garro. Mediante un estudio del uso del realismo mágico para promover críticas coloniales junto con una aplicación de la teoría de la descolonialidad, este artículo describe cómo los autores abordan los conceptos de la conquista española de México, la naturaleza dualista de la identidad mexicana y las estructuras de poder y opresión que persisten …

Marina Y Cleopatra En El Escenario Teatral, Jon Paul Lawton

World Languages and Cultures Student Papers and Posters

Cleopatra and Doña Marina come from distinct time periods in world history— respectively, the declining Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and the age of the Spanish conquest. Literature has been inspired by these historical figures, creating various interpretations of this Egyptian queen and Aztec translator. Fundamentally, these two personalities share similarities: both women fall in love with foreign invaders and harness influence in the political arena of their times. For this, they must rectify their romantic desires with loyalty for their home countries. The plays Todos los gatos son pardos by Carlos Fuentes and Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare reveal …

Exquisite Paradise: Taste And Consumption In Hebe Uhart’S ‘El Budín Esponjoso’ (1977), Karina Elizabeth Vázquez

Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications

Food Studies in Latin American Literature presents a timely collection of essays analyzing a wide array of Latin American narratives through the lens of food studies. Topics explored include potato and maize in colonial and contemporary global narratives; the role of cooking in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poetics; the centrality of desire in twentieth-century cooking writing by women; the relationship among food, recipes, and national identity; the role of food in travel narratives; and the impact of advertisements on domestic roles.

The contributors included here—experts in Latin American history, literature, and cultural studies—bring a novel, interdisciplinary approach to …

Schopenhauer In Dante's Garden Of Eden: Melancholy And Rubén Darío's "Autumnal", Jason Mccloskey

Faculty Journal Articles

This article examines the poem “Autumnal,” by the influential Nicaraguan poet, Rubén Darío, within the literary and iconographic tradition of melancholy. “Autumnal” was one of a four-part series of poems devoted to each of the seasons and appeared in the first edition of Darío’s landmark book, Azul… (1888). The essay begins by identifying the melancholy subtext in the poem through comparison with a broad array of poems and visual artwork. John Milton’s “Il penseroso” proves especially significant in revealing the conclusion of the poem, in which the lyric voice experiences a blissful vision, to be a depiction of inspired melancholy. …

Cervantes Y El Derecho: Préstamos Recíprocos, Susan K. Byrne

Department of World Languages Faculty Research

There is a well-recognised close relationship between creative and juridical writings. At times, authors of creative texts adapt juridical elements in the form of minor details, or broad thematic bases, so as to create convincing fictional realities. Alternatively, they use the same aspects to comment on socio-juridical problems in an ambiguous or ironic fashion. This study focuses on the history of these processes and, specifically, on certain key examples in the works of Miguel de Cervantes, seen in relation to multiple legal documents, including a late sixteenth-century manuscript that details punishments for erotic crimes.

“Fake It!”: An Exploration Of Cinematography, Societal Expectations, And Artist Collaboration, Sullivan Perry

Undergraduate Honors Theses

An exploration of cinematography, societal expectations, and artist collaboration, “Fake It!” challenges the traditional definition of art. Part one follows the journey of creating a music video for an original song titled “Fake It!” by the band Model City. Location, lighting, camera, and editing choices are explained and connected to the song's themes of teenage angst, regret, and a rejection of societal norms. Part two explores the process of creating art by translating the hexadecimal color values from the music video into a new musical composition. This is accomplished through a mathematical process that converts the computer-identified RGB letters and …

Power, Policy, Profit: The Spanish Language In The United States, Eva C. Vazquez

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

Over the past several decades, the Spanish language has been considered secondary to English, specifically in the United States. However, this paper argues that Spanish is one of the primary languages in the country because it is the second most spoken language, despite efforts to maintain a monolingual nation. Due to the impact of capitalism, if one’s first language is not English, they are separated and viewed as inferior in society. After providing background on the history of Spanish in the United States, this paper explores the impact of power, Americanization, education and cheap work on the Spanish language with …