A que si! (World Languages) - Softcover

Garcia Serrano, M. Victoria; De La Torre, Cristina; Grant Cash, Annette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1111837945 ISBN 13: 9781111837945

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

A QUE SÍ! is a provocative post-intermediate Spanish conversation book designed to increase students' awareness of Hispanic culture. The text encourages critical thinking while challenging the students' ability to express themselves in Spanish by providing them with an opportunity for in-depth exploration of relevant contemporary issues. The Fourth Edition presents four main themes around which all the text and supplemental materials revolve: Espacios: Publicos y privados, Encuentros y desencuentros, Patria/Nacion: Acercamientos, and De acá para allá. Each thematic unit is supported by creative activities and engaging authentic materials. Both Spain and Latin American countries are represented, as are male and female writers, and a few of the different ethnic groups that comprise Hispanic culture.

About this title

About the Author:

M. Victoria Garcia Serrano (Conquista de la Sierra, Spain) studied Hispanic Philology-Linguistics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She received her PhD in Contemporary Latin American Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her areas of research are literary theory and writing by Hispanic women authors.

Cristina de la Torre was born in Cuba and moved to the United States as a child. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, Florida, and her Ph.D. in Spanish from Emory University. She spent several years in Madrid, Spain, where she was inspired to begin her dual career as professor of Spanish and literary translator.

Annette Grant Cash teaches Spanish at Georgia State University where she is also the Director of the Translation and Interpretation Program. Her BA and MA degrees are in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her PhD is in Romance Linguistics from The Ohio State University.

Review:

I.ESPACIOS: PUBLICOS Y PRIVADOS. 1.PRIMERAS IMPRESIONES. 1. "Hospitalidad, boleros y cafe recien colado". 2. "Picar a la espanola". 3. "Bares a millares" (audicion). Pelicula: Bar El Chino (Argentina, 2003). 2.CELEBRACIONES. 1. "El mexicano y las fiestas". 2. "Las parrandas puertorriquenas" (audicion). 3. "Una fiesta de impacto y de infarto". Pelicula: Como agua para chocolate (Mexico, 1991). 3. RECORRIDOS POR LA CIUDAD. 1. "El Museo del Oro de Bogota y La Catedral de Zipaquira". 2. "Las Plazas Mayores: ayer y hoy". 3. "Tecnicas de mercado". 4. "Paseantes" (audicion). Pelicula: Nueve reinas (Argentina, 2000). II: ENCUENTROS Y DESENCUENTROS. 4. ELLOS Y NOSOTROS. 1. "El eclipse". 2. "Gitanos". 3. "El machismo" (audicion). Pelicula: Flores de otro mundo (Espana, 1999). 5. ELLOS Y ELLAS. 1. "Eva". 2. "Palabreo". 3. "El hipnotizador personal". Pelicula: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Espana, 1988). 6.RELACIONES FAMILIARES. 1. "La brecha". 2. "Juego perfecto" (audicion). 3. "Un nino de la mano de su padre". 4. "Adultescentes" (audicion). Pelicula: El hijo de la novia (Argentina, 2001). III. PATRIA/NACION: ACERCAMIENTOS. 7. GEOGRAFIA E HISTORIA. 1. "Fiera patria". 2. "Tres heroes". 3. "La Malinche". 4. "La monja alferez" (audicion). Pelicula: Fresa y chocolate (Cuba, 1994). 8. REPRESIONES. 1. "Preso sin nombre, celda sin numero". 2. "Presos prohibidos" y "La literatura carcelaria" (audicion). 3. "La ley de la memoria historica". Pelicula: El laberinto de fauno (Mexico/EEUU, 2006). 9. DENUNCIAS Y RESISTENCIAS. 1. "Con un ramillete entre los dientes". 2. "La villa". 3. "Generacion Y". 4."Los comedores de la solidaridad" (audicion). Pelicula: La historia oficial (Argentina, 1985). IV: DE ACA PARA ALLA. 10. DESPLAZAMIENTOS. 1. "La santeria: una religion sincretica". 2. "Mujer negra". 3. "El Barrio". 4. "Las mujeres que permanecen" (audicion). Pelicula: Maria llena eres de gracia (Colombia/EEUU, 2004). 11. DESARRAIGOS. 1."Geografias" (audicion). 2 "Usted estuvo en San Diego". 3. "El extranjero". Pelicula: Al otro lado (Mexico, 2004). 12. EN PRIMERA PERSONA. 1. "!Ay papi, no seas coca-colero!" (audicion). 2. "La historia de mi cuerpo". 3."In Between". Pelicula: Sleep Dealer (Mexico, 2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1111837945
• ISBN 13: 9781111837945
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 288