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When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come
to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing. These perceptions
are rooted in emblematic African and African-derived genres such as
West African drumming, funk, salsa, or samba and, more importantly,
essentialized notions about Africa which have been fueled over
centuries of contact between the "West," Africa, and the African
diaspora. These notions, of course, tend to reduce and often
portray Africa and the diaspora as primitive, exotic, and
monolithic. In Africanness in Action, author Juan Diego Diaz
explores this dynamic through the perspectives of Black musicians
in Bahia, Brazil, a site imagined by many as a diasporic epicenter
of African survivals and purity. Black musicians from Bahia, Diaz
argues, assert Afro-Brazilian identities, promote social change,
and critique racial inequality by creatively engaging essentialized
tropes about African music and culture. Instead of reproducing
these notions, musicians demonstrate agency by strategically
emphasizing or downplaying them.
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The Outlaw (Spanish, DVD)
Alberto Ammann, Leonor Watling, Sonia Braga, Pilar López de Ayala, Luis Tosar, …
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R92
Discovery Miles 920
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Ships in 10 - 25 working days
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Spanish historical drama based on the life of 16th century
playright Lope de Vega. Returning to Madrid from the war, an
eagerly ambitious Lope (Alberto Ammann) is forced to take a job as
a copyist while he dreams of finding fame and fortune. He soon
falls for his employer's seductive daughter, Elena (Pilar López de
Ayala), little realising that she is in fact already married. When
she refuses to end her marriage for a future with the struggling
writer, Lope causes a scandal by publicising their affair. Now
accused of slander, Lope goes on the run, where he soon finds help
in the form of his childhood friend, the beautiful Isabel (Leonor
Watling).
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When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come
to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing. These perceptions
are rooted in emblematic African and African-derived genres such as
West African drumming, funk, salsa, or samba and, more importantly,
essentialized notions about Africa which have been fueled over
centuries of contact between the "West," Africa, and the African
diaspora. These notions, of course, tend to reduce and often
portray Africa and the diaspora as primitive, exotic, and
monolithic. In Africanness in Action, author Juan Diego Diaz
explores this dynamic through the perspectives of Black musicians
in Bahia, Brazil, a site imagined by many as a diasporic epicenter
of African survivals and purity. Black musicians from Bahia, Diaz
argues, assert Afro-Brazilian identities, promote social change,
and critique racial inequality by creatively engaging essentialized
tropes about African music and culture. Instead of reproducing
these notions, musicians demonstrate agency by strategically
emphasizing or downplaying them.
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The Hen Party (Paperback)
Emily Benet; Cover design or artwork by Juan Diego Sanchez
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R387
Discovery Miles 3 870
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely
introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita
financing (PCF), in six countries in the Europe and Central Asia
(ECA) region in an effort to learn which outcomes were achieved and
how. Six country case studies are the bulk of the book and were
chosen as a project that the World Bank initiated back in 2007. The
set of countries chosen (Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania,
Poland and the Russian Federation) was motivated by the fact that
the World Bank was actively involved in supporting reforms in these
countries and, in some cases, played a fundamental role in bringing
these reforms to fruition. The hope is that, as a result, the
likelihood of observing the outcomes of per capita financing is
higher. An attempt was made at geographic variation across the ECA
region as well. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to the
book. Chapters 2 through 7 discuss the country case studies. The
case studies are presented in alphabetical order: Armenia (chapter
2), Estonia (chapter 3), Georgia (chapter 4), Lithuania (Chapter
5), Poland (Chapter 6), and Russia (chapter 7). All six chapters
present a similar structure. First, an introduction is provided to
motivate the discussion. Second, the historical background to the
introduction of the PCF system is discussed. Third, the design of
the PCF scheme is analyzed. Fourth, the peculiarities of the
implementation of the scheme are described. Fifth, an assessment of
a set of three main outcomes - efficiency, equity and
transparency/accountability - is presented. A sixth and final
section provides a summary of the lessons learned in each of the
cases. Chapter 8 presents an in-depth overview of the case studies,
within a common framework to compare these experiences.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
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Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Florez star in this Royal Opera
production of Gaetano Donizetti's two-act comic opera LA FILLE DU
REGIMENT. The cast is joined by Italian conductor Bruno Campanella
and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
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Jamon Jamon (Spanish, DVD)
Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Anna Galiena, Jordi Mollà, Stefania Sandrelli, …
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R234
Discovery Miles 2 340
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Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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When underwear factory worker Silvia (Penelope Cruz) falls pregnant
by her boyfriend and boss Jose Luis (Jordi Mulla), Jose's
domineering mother, Conchita (Stefania Sandrelli) takes immediate
action to prevent them getting married. Selecting the sexy would-be
bullfighter Raul (Javier Bardem) from the local ham factory,
Conchita pays him to seduce Silvia and persuade her to break off
the engagement to Jose.
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