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This book provides the first in-depth examination of a representative range of contemporary Colombian cultural engagements with the conflicts known simply as La Violencia that began in Colombia in the late 1940s. These include Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal's now classic revision of the 'novela de la Violencia', the autobiographical cycle of acclaimed author Fernando Vallejo, versions of the testimonio by Alfredo Molano and internationally renowned novelist Laura Restrepo, as well as cinematic works by Carlos Mayolo and Luis Ospina. These cultural icons, many of whom are remarkably understudied, show how the heterogeneity of social and cultural processes condensed in La Violencia demands a deconstruction of 'violence' in Colombian culture. This argument is developed in dialogue with European and Latin American cultural theory and contributes to theoretical debates surrounding issues of memory and mourning developed in other Latin American contexts. The narratives explored in this book provide alternatives to abstract historicism and show us how to imagine ways out of deeply rooted cycles of violence. Yet their insistence on haunting and spectres signals the problems besetting the task of mourning in Colombia, positing history rather than psychology as a remainder that troubles efforts to forge collective memories and enact social reconciliation. ... Read more

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Chapters: Argentine Culture, Bolivian Culture, Brazilian Culture, Chilean Culture, Colombian Culture, Ecuadorian Culture, Guyanese Culture, Paraguayan Culture, Peruvian Culture, South American Art, South American Cuisine, South American Folklore, South American Music, Surinamese Culture, Uruguayan Culture, Venezuelan Culture, Argentine Cuisine, Ballpoint Pen, Culture of Chile, Culture of Peru, Portuguese Name, Samba School, Muisca, Blacks and Whites' Carnival, Truco, Cinema of Argentina, Social Class in Ecuador, Culture of Argentina, Brazilian Carnival, Cinema of Colombia, Mate, Colombia in Popular Culture, Music of Colombia, Venezuelan Spanish, Vallenato Legend Festival, Culture of Ecuador, Colectivo, Chilean Cuisine, Argentine National Anthem, Education in Argentina, List of Colombian Television Series, Cassareep, El Sistema, Public Holidays in Chile, Jogo Do Bicho, Michiel Van Kempen, Colombian Spanish, Religion in Ecuador, Suyá Music, Gaucho, Women in Argentina, Culture of Brazil, Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, Carnival in Colombia, International Rankings of Uruguay, Media of Colombia, It's All True, Women's Rights in Argentina, Science and Technology in Argentina, Tinku, Djctq, Jumbee, Argentine Film Critics Association, Culture of Guyana, Ekeko, Parqués, Cosquín Festival, Muisca Mythology, Angostura Bitters, Pishtaco, Cuarenta, Chilean Rodeo, Fique, Public Holidays in Brazil, List of Awards and Nominations for Brazilian Films, Cuisine of Colombia, List of Colombian Cuisine Dishes, Tannat, List of Festivals in Colombia, Virgen de Copacabana, Brazilianist, Bigott Foundation, Panama Hat, Barranquilla's Carnival, Llanero, Ibero-American Theater Festival, Somatherapy, Fiestas Patrias, Culture of Uruguay, Latin American Art, Rebenque, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Sajama Lines, Juan Valdez, Culture of Venezuela, Chilean Chess Championship, Victor Civita Latin American Library, Bogota's Carnival, Morenada, Ricardo Arauj...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4060452 ... Read more

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The music of Colombia is an expression of the Colombianculture, which contains diverse Music genres, traditionaland moderns according with the features of each geographicregion; although it is frequent to find different musicalstyles in the same region. The diversity in musicalexpressions found in Colombia can be seen as the result ofa mixture of African, native Indigenous, European(especially Spanish) influences, as well as more modernAmerican and Caribbean musical forms, such as Trinidadian,Cuban, and Jamaican. In a globalised world, many musiciansare fusing traditional music with other styles (usuallystyles from the popular music genres). While this is notnecessarily a bad thing, it is no longer traditional musicsince it is not entirely based on local culture, beinginfluenced by the music that it has been fused with. As aresult traditional music tends to be found in a pre- commercial setting. While traditional music continues toevolve today, but generally as a continuation of the musicfrom a pre-globalised culture. Styles like vallenato andporro were especially influential. ... Read more

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Chapters: Muisca, Blacks and Whites' Carnival, Cinema of Colombia, Colombia in Popular Culture, Music of Colombia, Vallenato Legend Festival, List of Colombian Television Series, Colombian Spanish, Carnival in Colombia, Media of Colombia, Parqués, Muisca Mythology, Fique, Cuisine of Colombia, List of Colombian Cuisine Dishes, List of Festivals in Colombia, Barranquilla's Carnival, Llanero, Ibero-American Theater Festival, Juan Valdez, Bogota's Carnival, Ricardo Araujo, Día de Las Velitas, Mi Pasion, Tola Y Maruja, Ceroxylon Quindiuense, Biblioburro, Fue Por Ti, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, Colombian Handicrafts, Tierradentro, List of Beauty Pageants in Colombia, Vuelvo a Ti, Bogota Philharmonic, Arriero, Yipao, Rufino José Cuervo, Caro and Cuervo Institute, Quimbaya Civilization, Barranquilla Group, Anthem of Bogotá, El Vive Hoy, Cali Fair, Colombian Sign Language, Liqui Liqui, Tejo, Poligamia, Poporo Quimbaya, Bachué, Sutagaos, Public Holidays in Colombia, No Fue En Vano, Chía, Pacific Region of Colombia, Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social Y de La Cultura, Hogao, Chispitas Mariposa, the Dispossessed: Chronicles of the Desterrados of Colombia. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 268. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chibchan Muisca refers to a nation of the Chibchan Culture that formed the Muisca Confederation encountered by the Spanish in 1537, at the time of the conquest of what is now part of central Colombia. The Muisca comprised two confederations: the Hunza, whose sovereign was the Zaque, and the Bacatá, whose sovereign was the Zipa. Both confederations were located in the highlands of modern-day Cundinamarca and Boyacá (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) in the central area of Colombia's Eastern Range. The territory of the Muisca spanned an area of 46,972 km² (a region sl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=469555 ... Read more

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Many aspects of Colombian culture can be traced back to the culture of Spain of the sixteenth century and its collision with Colombia's native civilizations (see: Muisca, Tayrona). The Spanish brought Catholicism, African slaves, the feudal encomienda system, and a caste system that favored European-born whites. After independence from Spain, the criollos struggled to establish a pluralistic political system between conservative and liberal ideals. The conservatives supported the involvement of the Catholic Church in the state while liberals favored the separation of these. The conservatives managed to outsource public education to the Catholic Church and for many years the church controlled the country's education system. Both parties engaged in multiple civil wars resulting in a slow development of the country and the isolation of regions until the end of the 19th century. Ethno-racial groups maintained their ancestral heritage culture: whites tried to keep themselves, despite the growing number of illegitimate children of mixed African or indigenous ancestry. ... Read more

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Chapters: National Library of Colombia, Colombian National Museum, Caro and Cuervo Institute, Ministry of Culture, Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, General Archive of the Nation, Coldeportes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: National Library of Colombia -The National Library of Colombia is generally considered to be the oldest national library in the Americas. It was founded at the end of the eighteenth century in 1777 by Viceroy Manuel De Guirior, who established the library in the city of Bogotá. The original collection of the library consisted of books expropriated from the Jesuit community, which had been expelled from all the dominions of the Spanish Empire, as a result of the 1767 order of King Charles III of Spain. In 1825, due to the work of Francisco de Paula Santander, the library was established at the campus of the Colegio de San Bartolomé and received its current name. On March 25, 1834, the first legal deposit law was decreed, which required that all copies of printed material in the country be sent to the library for storage. This law set the objective of the library, which then became the sole entity in charge of maintaining the bibliographic heritage of the nation. Bibliographic wealth of Colombia (incunabular, prints, sound recordings and audio-visual work of great historical and artistic value), located in the southeast corner of Independence Park. Founded January 9, 1777, inaugurated in 1938 and remodeled in 1978 by architect Jacques Mosseri, except decorative elements and façade design remained the same. The two statues on both sides of calle 25 access, high relief at the attic, sign materials mixture and windows ornamentation were abolished. Four story building. In the first floor general reading rooms, k...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3529019 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 3729 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 6708 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Contains 8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethnoreligious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section. ... Read more

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Women deliver themselves from subjugation by recovering their voices, by educating themselves, and by speaking out, in unison, against forces that have kept them under heel. The scope of Colombian Women: The Struggle Out of Silence is both personal and global: personal to the interviewees and to Elena GarcZs herself, as she tells her own story; and global, in that many features of the patriarchy and its dysfunction extend well beyond the borders of Colombia. ... Read more

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This insider's account of Colombia's culture and customs helps the reader develop a balanced view of Colombian life today. Colombia has the longest-standing democratic political system in Latin America, but it is also one of the most violent nations in the world. The full gamut of its culture--both positive and negative--is revealed in this insightful book that is ideal for student research. The authors highlight the most notable aspects of contemporary Colombian culture including coffee production, Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, painter Fernando Botero, vallenato music, and the notorious drug cartels. ... Read more

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Must say I disagree with the review written above. What this book is: An introduction (160 pages) to the history, litterature, art and cinema of Colombia. What this book isn't: A travell guide, it offers background, for updated travellers info buy a proper guide. I read it before going to C., and found it helpful trying to orientate myself in this diverse country. You'll need additional books, ie lonely planet/footprint/rough guide, Penguins history of south america etc.

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When I purchased this book I expected it to give an insight into the culture and customs of Colombia.This book only recites dates and statistics never actually going into any day-to-day customs or cultural insights.Very dry and uninteresting unless you plan on writing a paper for a college class.Obviously this book is written for someone who never plans to go to Colombia. ... Read more

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75% of all major medicinal plants in international commerce are used in ways first devised by folk doctors and shamans at their place of original collection. But how can it be that indigenous peoples know so much about the environment they inhabit? How do they learn, and on what does their learning depend? ?Living Knowledge? addresses the making of indigenous peoples? knowledge systems.Fieldwork among the Muinane and Uitoto peoples of Colombian Amazon shows that participants in cultural institutions have vast and detailed ethno-botanical knowledge. Fascinating institutions show well-established learning processes and pedagogical techniques, aimed at increasing the individual and collective intellectual capacity to solve problems. Advanced research-like activities are developed and formalised into institutions, complex learning systems, and specialized careers. Principles of open-mindedness, social engagement, developed reflective abilities, and eagerness to learn and practice, contribute to the resilience of the cultural learning and livelihood system, even in situations of instability, massive pressure on natural resources, and the presence of powerful agents of social change. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The sombrero vueltiao or sombrero vueltiado (Colombian Spanish for hat with laps) is a traditional hat from Colombia and one of its symbols. It is made out of Gynerium sagittatum known locally as caña flecha, a type of cane that grows in the region. The word vueltiao is a Colombian regionalism from the northern Caribbean Region and the area surrounding the Magdalena River basin that originates in the word for "lap" (Spanish:vuelta), and arose due to the way the hat is made. Vueltiao is correctly spelled volteado; however, the altered spelling reflects the actual pronunciation. The quality of the hat is determined by the number of "laps" used and its bending flexibility. The more flexible the hat is, the higher quality it is. ... Read more

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Chapters: Colombian American, Leo Goldseed, Colombian Australian. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: American English, Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Italian Colombian Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their nationality or heritage from the South American nation of Colombia. They are the largest South American ethnic group in the United States. Economic problems and violence have led to an emigration of Colombians to the United States, particularly South Florida (especially in the suburbs of Miami, Florida such as Doral, Kendall, and Hialeah, and the Weston suburb of Fort Lauderdale), Central Florida, New Jersey (North Jersey), Queens County in New York City, the Washington DC metro area, eastern Long Island, and an expanding community in California, mainly in the Los Angeles area. Jackson Heights in Queens County was heavily Colombian during the 80's, but other immigrant groups have settled in the area, notably Mexicans. Many of the displaced Colombians have moved to close areas such as Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Corona, College Point and Flushing. Queens County still has the largest concentration of Colombians in the United States of any county (roughly 75,000). Colombians are among the largest South American immigrant groups to the United States. As of the 2000 Census, 228,400 Colombians were living in the New York metro area and 169,271 Colombians were living in the Miami metropolitan area. The largest Colombian community lives in the South Florida area (Doral, Kendall, Weston, and Hialeah) with a population of 138,768. The top 25 U.S. communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Colombian ancestry are: The top 25 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Colombia are: Ethnically, Colombians are a diverse p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4439852 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1748 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The discography of Shakira, a Colombian Latin pop singer, consists of six studio albums, three compilation albums and three live albums. Shakira has also released thirty singles, two EPs, thirty-five music videos and three music DVDs. Shakira wrote her first song when she was eight years old, and soon after gained some recognition around her home town Barranquilla through various events. She recorded her first promotional album, Magia, in 1990 at the age of thirteen. In 1993, she recorded a second and more well-received promotional album, Peligro. Shakira released the single "¿Dónde Estás Corazón?" in January 1994, and it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart. This was followed by Shakira's first official Spanish studio album Pies Descalzos, released on February 13, 1996. It debuted at number one in 8 different countries and sold 4 million copies worldwide. In the U.S., the album reached number five on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, but on the main Billboard 200, it only reached #180. The album spawned further singles "Estoy Aquí", "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos", "Un Poco de Amor", "Antología" and "Se Quiere, Se Mata". On October 21, 1997, The Remixes was released. Her second Spanish studio album, ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones?, was released on September 28, 1998. It debuted at #131 in the U.S. and sold 7 million copies worldwide. Eight of the album's eleven tracks became singles: "Ciega, Sordomuda", "Si Te Vas", "Tú", "Inevitable", "Octavo Día", "Moscas En La Casa", "No Creo" and "Ojos Así". Shakira's first live album, MTV Unplugged, was released on February 29, 2000, and reached number one on the U.S. Top Latin Albums chart. Shakira's first English-Spanish language studio album was Laundry Service, released on Nov... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3554551 ... Read more

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Long associated with the pejorative clichés of the drug-trafficking trade and political violence, contemporary Colombia has been unfairly stigmatized. In this pioneering study of the Miami music industry and Miami’s growing Colombian community, María Elena Cepeda boldly asserts that popular music provides an alternative common space for imagining and enacting Colombian identity. Using an interdisciplinary analysis of popular media, music, and music video, Cepeda teases out issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and transnational identity in the Latino/a music industry and among its most renowned rock en español, pop, and vallenato stars.

Musical ImagiNation provides an overview of the ongoing Colombian political and economic crisis and the dynamics of Colombian immigration to metropolitan Miami. More notably, placed in this context, the book discusses the creative work and media personas of talented Colombian artists Shakira, Andrea Echeverri of Aterciopelados, and Carlos Vives. In her examination of the transnational figures and music that illuminate the recent shifts in the meanings attached to Colombian identity both in the United States and Latin America, Cepeda argues that music is a powerful arbitrator of memory and transnational identity.

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Title: Research on Colombian cinema.(Report)
Author: Jeronimo Leon Rivera Betancur
Publication: Communication Research Trends (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2010
Publisher: Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture
Volume: 29Issue: 2Page: 15(10)

Article Type: Report

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