Recientes aproximaciones a la literatura estudian la influencia de las artes y las culturas de Asia sobre la produccion literaria de Occidente. Siguiendo esta linea de estudios, "Asia en la Espana del siglo XIX: literatos, viajeros, intelectuales y diplomaticos ante Oriente "analiza textos que han recibido poca o ninguna atencion. Desde una perspectiva cultural y postcolonial, este libro considera tanto aspectos de la sociedad espanola del XIX, como el discurso colonial y la politica de Espana en el Medio y Lejano Oriente. Para ello se analiza una serie de textos que abarca desde obras literarias de autores como Juan Valera y Jose Rizal hasta cronicas militares o libros de viajes. La diversidad de ideologias, temas y generos estudiados permite comprender el papel que Asia jugo en Espana, asi como la dificil e inusual posicion de los intelectuales, colonos y colonizados espanoles ante los sistemas y discursos coloniales predominantes en ese periodo de nuestra historia. "Asia en la Espana del siglo XIX" ofrece una relevante y original aportacion al estudio de la literatura, historia y cultura de la Espana decimononica.

Two blaxploitation horror movies. In 'Blacula' (1972), two centuries after having a curse placed on him by Count Dracula in Transylvania, African Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) is transported to Los Angeles where he goes on a killer rampage. While he discovers a woman (Vonetta McGee) he believes to be the reincarnation of his late wife, Mamuwalde already has a vampire-hunting doctor (Thalmus Rasulala) on his trail. In 'Scream Blacula Scream' (1973), after his undoing in 'Blacula', Mamuwalde (Marshall) returns from the dead in modern-day Los Angeles. He soon comes up against a voodoo priestess (Pam Grier).

Full Length, Dark comedy / Casting: 3m, 1f / Scenery: Exterior

Selected by TIME Magazine as one of the ten best plays of the year, Antigone in New York concerns a homeless Puerto Rican woman who wants to steal the body of her lover from Potter's Field and bury it in a city park. She and her accomplices, two homeless Eastern European refugees, end up with the wrong body and a myriad of problems.

"Witty and acerbic." TIME Magazine

"As comic as it is devastating, this dark, giddy play derives its power from the sinister fusion of impossibility with truth." Time Out

"Hilarious." N.Y. Times

Is this the way love is supposed to feel?

• Does the man you love assume the right to control how you live and behave?
• Have you given up important activities or people to keep him happy?
• Is he extremely jealous and possessive?
• Does he switch from charm to anger without warning?
• Does he belittle your opinions, your feelings, or your accomplishments?
• Does he withdraw love, money, approval, or sex to punish you?
• Does he blame you for everything that goes wrong in the relationship?
• Do you find yourself “walking on eggs” and apologizing all the time?

If the questions here reveal a familiar pattern, you may be in love with a misogynist — a man who loves you, yet causes you tremendous pain because he acts as if he hates you.

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She shows how to break the pattern, heal the hurt, regain your self-respect, and either rebuild your relationship or find the courage to love a truly loving man.