Ciudad de México: Secretaría de Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 2vols., photos, illus., bibl., wrps. Two volumes which explore and analyze Mexico's rich musical patrimony, gathering the works of 31 specialists, including ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and musicians. More about CULTURAS MUSICALES DE MÉXICO. VOLS. 1 & 2
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes / CITRO, 2018. First Edition. 414p., maps, photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. This is a critical edition of "Los payasos. Poetas del pueblo. El circo en México", a study, originally published in 1939, on the history of the circus and clowns..... More about Los payasos. Poetas del pueblo. El circo en México
Tijuana, B.C. Secretaría de Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 48p., wrps. "Ocaso" is a play by Tijuanan writer Mariana Chavez, who currently serves as a professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. More about Ocaso
México, D.F: Secretaría de Cultura, 2017. Second Edition. Paperback. 208p., photos, illus., facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. "Libros: Historia Ilustrada de México" is a study on the history of what Borges called the most amazing instrument created by human beings: books. The work explores the trajectories of readers, printers, publishers, booksellers..... More about Libros: Historia Ilustrada de México
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 597p., tables, bibl., wrps. "Miradas femeninas" gathers the voices of 179 foreign women in Mexico from the 19th to the 21st century, highlighting their impressions of the country. Through the presentation of their meticulous documentation, this work lends new insight into..... More about Miradas femeninas a México. Siglos XIX--XXI
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 254p., wrps. "Teatro de la Gruta XVII" is a collection of five dramatic pieces that seek to critically highlight the idea that violence has become a common way to understand reality, employing corrosive humor, pop songs or..... More about Teatro de la Gruta XVII.; Prólogo de Bertha Hiriart, Alejandro Román, y Javier Malpica
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 543p., wrps. "La expresión nacional" is a collection of essays by José Luis Martínez about the history of Mexican literature, illuminating its successes and failures. First published in 1955, the work also provides insight into ideological confrontations, literary influences, and nineteenth..... More about La expresión nacional; Prólogo de Christopher Domínguez Michael
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 143p., photos, graphics, bibl., wrps. This book presents an investigation into Mexico City's artisanal production, with the aim of proposing actions to improve the living conditions of the workers as well as address problems in the organization of the industry and..... More about ARTESANOS DE OFICIOS EN EL CENTRO HISTÓRICO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura (Lectores avanzados), 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 326p., illus., boards. "Bajo el volcán" is story written by Malcolm Lowry that recounts the love between Geoffrey and Ivonne in Cuernavaca in 1938, inhabited by murderers and ghosts. To celebrate the eighty years since that imaginary time, Martín..... More about El caso Lowry