Saer versus Aira: versões de uma antropologia especulativa by Antonio Marcos Pereira

“…The paper proposes a confrontation of the work of two authors, Juan José Saer and César Aira, markedly different in the structures of reception their works bring forth, and that we might translate particularly in the way their relationship with “the contemporary” is perceived, resulting in specific placings in certain genealogies and in the production of their respective inscriptions in recent literary history in Latin America. The examination of fictional objects such as Saer’s La pesquisa and Aira’s Parmenides leads one to find ambivalent solicitations of the allegedly historical fact and its relation to fiction that are hereby presented as oportunities to operate critically towards the structures of established reception and criticism of the work of both authors.…”
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El fútbol como fiesta, el balón como bandera by Gloria  de los Ángeles Zarza Rondón

“…The purpose of this article is to ask how at certain times of the recent history of Latin America Football was an effective element in distract and silence. …”
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Construire la mémoire collective de l’Indépendance : les manuels d’histoire au Guatemala à la fin du XIXe siècle by Emilie Mendonça

“…The history of Central America, too often drowned in a global history of Latin America, has many singularities- such as the Independence, which was conquered not by the weapons of a popular upheavals but with a piece of paper covered in ink. …”
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La inmigración latinoamericana en  Bélgica: la experiencia de Riches Claires en Bruselas by William E. Plata Quezada

“…A page of the not well-known recent religious history of Latin America, interlaced now with European religious history in these diaspora communities.  …”
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Genomic exploration of the journey of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America. by Margaux J M Lefebvre, Fanny Degrugillier, Céline Arnathau, Gustavo A Fontecha, Oscar Noya, Sandrine Houzé, Carlo Severini, Bruno Pradines, Antoine Berry, Jean-François Trape, Fabian E Sáenz, Franck Prugnolle, Michael C Fontaine, Virginie Rougeron

“…This study provides a fresh perspective on P. vivax's intricate evolutionary journey and brings insights into the possible contribution of West African P. vivax populations to the colonization history of Latin America.…”
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