Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 200p., wrps. "Río de sombras" is a novel by award-winning Ecuadorian novelist and essayist Jorge Velasco Mackenzie. He is also the author of “No tanto como todos los cuentos” (2004), “La mejor edad para morir” (2006) and "Hallado... More
Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 160p., photos, bibl., wrps. "Construcción visual de lo social: Fotografía contemporánea en el Ecuador" presents work by Ecuadorian photographers on the social construction of culture. Features work by Armando Salazar Raul Chacon, Maria Teresa Garcia and Eduardo Valenzuela, among others. Presenta... More
Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 203p., illus., wrps. "Pedagogía y colonialidad: En la amazonía ecuatoriana (1960-1979)" is a study on pedagogy in the Ecuadorian Amazon in the context of Latin American colonialism. Author José Alberto Flores Jácome employs the Foucaultian method to analyze the historical... More
Cuenca: Abya Ayla, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 147p., wrps. "La poesía religiosa en Guayaquil : antología" is an anthology of religious poetry written in Guayaquil during an era dominated by secularism. Contains Christian, Catholic, evangelical and Jewish poetry. Compiled the Grupo PRECU. More
Managua: Anama Ediciones, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 567p., wrps. "Sandino: Patria y libertad" presents the political ideas and contradictions of Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto Cesar Sandino (1895-1934), who was instrumental in building a vision of the anti-imperialist struggle in Nicaragua and Latin America. Reune algunas de las ideas políticas y contradicciones del... More
Caracas: Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC), (Colección Carlos Rebolledo), 2014. Second Edition. Paperback. 389p., wrps. "Cine latinoamericano (1896-1930)" is an in-depth historiography on the development of Latin American cinema from 1896 to 1930. The book is organized according to places of origin. More
Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, (Colección Antítesis Ensayos), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 410p., wrps. Reúne articulos cortos sobre politica, cultura ecuatoriana y la literatura latinoamericana, publicados en la prensa nacional, de la autoría de Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920-2004), catedrático, ensayista, novelista y crítico de prestigio, ganador del... More
Quito: FLACSO, (Atrio), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 198p., photos, bibl., wrps. "Sitiadas" contains essays and case studies on how neo-liberal economic policies criminalize poor women in Ecuador. Author Lisset Coba Mejía details the construction of the "sinister subject" in the penal system, romantic fantasies in prison and the reification of... More
Quito: Editorial Universitaria Abya-Yala, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 343p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. Reports the ethnohistory and ethnogenesis of the village "palta". A historical investigation of its transformation during the conquest, colonial rule, ethnic leadership, the colonial administration and the disappearance of indigenous identities. More
Gualaquiza: Academia Nacional de Historia del Ecuador, GAD Municipal de Gualaquiza, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 164p., wrps. Contains the papers of the third symposium of Amazon history, authored by Jorge Nunez, Javier Gomezjurado , Rocío Rosero , Galo Sarmiento, Wilson Gutierrez, Blas Garzón , Jacinto Landivar , Fernando Espinoza and... More
Quito: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 58p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. The arrival of the Jesuit community in Ecuador heralded a new period of development in education, culture, art, science and technology. As such, the Church Foundation of the Society of Jesus presents the exhibition "In nomine... More
Quito: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, (Colección Casa nueva), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 102p., wrs. Ensayos de Freddy Ayala (Aláquez, Ecuador-1983) sobre las "Vanguardias latinoamericanas de los años 30", "La escritura en lo ausente" y los "Regímenes de visión en la construcción del cuerpo en la cultura del rock"... More
Quito: Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar: Corporación Editora Nacional, (Biblioteca de Historia, 34), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 227p., bibl., wrps. "La educación de las mujeres en los países andinos" explores the relationship between women and education throughout the 19th century in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. This study is the result... More
Quito: Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Ecuador : Abya-Yala, (Tinkuy, 3), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 334p., maps, photos, tables, bibl., wrps. Translated by Gonzalo Ortiz Crespo. This edition collects essays by the author over 20 years compared to the Huaorani people and their struggle to challenge all forms of domination in... More
Loja: Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 244p., wrps. Novela ganadora del Premio Nacional de Literatura Miguel Riofrío 2014. More
Caracas: Fondo Editorial Fundarte, Alcaldía de Caracas, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 165p., tables, bibl., wrps. Analytical essays about the ideas and literary creation of the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. More
Quito: Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Corporación Editora Nacional, (Biblioteca de Historia, 35), 2015. First Edition. Paperback. 278p., maps, facsimiles, graphics, tables, bibl., wrps. Editor de la colección: Guillermo Bustos. Obra presentada originalmente como tesis para la obtención del grado doctoral en Historia, en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, Sede Ecuador... More
Quito: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2014. First Edition. Paperback. 535p., maps, tables, bibl., wrps. Reúne a dieciocho investigadores de ambos lados del Atlántico que han utilizado la frontera para estudiar las relaciones sociales, económicas, políticas, culturales, e ideológicas entre los diferentes grupos del mundo hispánico. Textos de Oscar Jane, Francisco Fernández, Jesús... More
México, D.F: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Herederos de Marvel Moreno, 2018. Fifth Printing. Paperback. 446p., wrps. In "En diciembre llegaban las brisas" Lina recalls the story of three women -- Dora, Catalina, and Beatriz -- whose lives are spent in the conservative city of Barranquilla. Recounting parties at the... More
Quito: Editorial El Conejo, 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 230p., biblio., notes. [Literary criticism. Critical essays on Ecuadorian novelists, poets and parliamentary orators, one the one hand, and the analysis of Latin American authors of fiction, essay and journalism, on the other. Considers the work of Ecuadorian writers Ángel Felicísimo Rojas... More
Quito: Editorial El Conejo, ( Col. Narrativa Selecta), 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 80p., wrps. [Short story. Winner of the Premio Nacional Joaquín Gallegos Lara. Journalist, poet, novelist, and academic Augusto Rodríguez has received multiple awards, including the VIII Premio Internacional de Poesía Joven Martín García Ramos (2008-2009) and the 2005... More
Quito: Editorial El Conejo, (Col. Narrativa Selecta), 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 61p., wrps. [Novel. Final installment of a trilogy on the banditry and violence prevailing on Ecuador’s southern border during the first decades of the 20th century. Preceded by “Polvo y ceniza (1978 Premio Nacional de Novela) and “El árbol... More
México, D.F. El Colegio de México, (Col. Ambas Orillas), 2012. First Edition. Paperback. 296p. tables, bibl., wrps. "Refugiados españoles en Francia y México" is a comparative study that explores refugee and asylum policies in France and Mexico in relation to the developments and aftermath of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)... More
Santiago: Editorial Cuarto Propio (Serie Ensayo/Literatura), 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 171p., bibl., wrps. "Memorias del nuevo siglo" is a critical study on Chile’s recent literary history, particularly analyzing novels published since 2000, and focusing on three central themes: young people, the working class, and artists. The work analyzes Alberto Fuguet’s... More
México, D.F. El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Históricos, 2009. first edition. Paperback. 180p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Caleidoscopio del exilio" examines various aspects of the Spanish Republican exile in Mexico, analyzing the quantitative and sociodemographic profiles of those who arrived, and the construction of their identity and memory... More