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The Spanish colonial period in South America saw artists develop the subgenre of official portraiture, or portraits of key individuals in the continent’s viceregal governments. Although these portraits appeared to illustrate a narrative of imperial splendor and absolutist governance, they instead became a visual record of the local history that emerged during the colonial occupation. Using the official portrait collections accumulated between 1542 and 1830 in Lima, Buenos Aires, and Bogotá as a lens, Pictured Politics explores how official portraiture originated and evolved to become an essential component in the construction of Ibero-American political relationships. Through the survivin...
Netlinguistics is here presented as a comprehensive linguistic framework account for language usage and change in Internet. This book proposes the development of a new field of research and study within applied linguistics.
Este libro de proceedings se edita para ponerlo a disposición de los asistentes a la Internacional Conference on Spatial Pont Process Modelling and its Applications (SPPA), realizada en Benicàssim en abril de 2004.
The first edition of Business English in the University Classroom was a great success, getting excellent reviews, and his author has updated and improved its contents, paying attention to all the technological developments related to international business communication.
The application of marketing concepts to sports products and services is vital to the success of the industry. When appealing to the target audience of an event, it is essential to construct a strong marketing plan by utilizing emergent technologies and strategies. Strategies in Sports Marketing: Technologies and Emerging Trends provides relevant information on the marketing strategies and marketing trends of sporting events by highlighting the plans and tactical operations that sports organizations conduct when integrating marketing strategies. This publication is a comprehensive reference source for students, researchers, academicians, professionals and practitioners, as well as scientists and executive managers interested in the marketing strategies of sporting events.
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science provides a state-of-the-art volume on the language of scientific processes and communications. This book offers comprehensive coverage of socio-cultural approaches to science, as well as analysing new theoretical developments and incorporating discussions about future directions within the field. Featuring original contributions from an international range of renowned scholars, as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research, this handbook: identifies common objects of inquiry across the areas of rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication studies, science and technology studies, and public understanding of science covers the four key...
Based on close reading of original sources, Fallows (Spanish, U. of Georgia) offers a detailed reconstruction of the history and practice of jousting, detailing techniques and injuries, styles of fighting, and all the parts of the arms and armor used, with frequent citing of original descriptions. As is typical for this publisher, the volume is beautifully produced, printed on good stock and well-illustrated with color and b&w plates. Notable is the inclusion of three 15th- and 16th-century jousting manuals, presented in full in side-by-side English and Spanish translation. A glossary and bibliography are provided. The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
During three sessions, a hundred long of communicators analyzed in the II Congress of Local Communication the present reality and the future perspectives of the radio and of the television that act in the local environment through a série of experiences and reflections exposed in this publication.
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Molti di questi martiri del cristianesimo primitivo verranno incorporati nel repertorio iconografico barocco, in gran parte su richiesta delle periferie, che avevano in loro i loro modelli di virtù. Si è già accennato all'importanza delle enclavi periferiche nel rifornire la Galleria della santità romana. E, nella “negoziazione” con la periferia, Roma ha fatto proprie numerose proposte locali. DOI: 10.13134/979-12-5977-243-5