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Ítem LOS PELIGROS DE SER MUJER, PERIODISTA Y/O DEFENSORA DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL MÉXICO GLOBALIZADO ACTUAL(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Pérez Anzaldo, GuadalupeThe war climate that has prevailed in recent years in Mexico has damaged the international perception of the country. The deaths triggered by the official war against the Mexican drug cartels have been more than 50,000 and the number continues to increase daily. In particular, women journalists and human rights activists have been affected by this socially aggravated environment. Not only do they suffer from the entrenched gender violence, but also violence generated by both the State and organized crime. In this essay I will analyze work published by three distinguished and talented Mexican journalists: Lydia Cacho, Carmen Aristegui and Anabel Hernández, who, in spite of the menaces against them, have emerged as leaders of opinion and as well as being advocated activists to the defense of the freedoms and human rights of marginalized subjects.Ítem Reseñas(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Cuvardic García, Dorde; Cruz Volio, María Gabriela; Cota Torres, Édgar; Chen Sham, JorgeÍtem APROXIMACIÓN A LA LENGUA DE SEÑAS COSTARRICENSE (LESCO)(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Retana, PriscillaThis article presents a historical overview of Costa Rican Sign Language (Lengua de SeñasCostarricense: LESCO). It also reviews the impact of the early research of this language with thegoal to stimulate interest in it and demystify certain popular beliefs that are still currently held; forexample, the myths of universality, iconicity, and transparency.Ítem MI LENGUA MATERNA Y YO(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Perry Price, FranklynThis article presents a reflection of Limonese Creole and how speakers of other languages haveperceived its use in domains of usage like the academic classroom. In addition, considering thepossible disappearance of Limonese Creole, the author enumerates arguments to the contrary, forexample, the ongoing linguistic study of this language, its daily use in differing contexts by itsspeakers, employment and, maybe the most important, that fact that it is used in other places andnot solely in Limon.Ítem UNA EVALUACIÓN DE LA VITALIDAD LINGÜÍSTICA DEL INGLÉS CRIOLLO DE LIMÓN: SU VIGENCIA O SU DESPLAZAMIENTO(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Herzfeld, AnitaHistory has shown that whenever there is a situation of languages in contact, it develops either into a harmonious bilingualism or an overpowering colonialism. It is also well known that the relationship between language and identity may bring about divergent consequences in such circumstances; notably, cultural assimilation or the fusion or the extinction of a language. This paper will focus on the case of a minority of English-based Limonese Creole (LC) speakers in contact with Spanish-speaking (S) Costa Ricans. It will be apparent that LC speakers frequently make use of LC-S code-switching and imported loans and substitutions thus incorporating Spanish into Limonese Creole. Even though it is risky to predict the future of that relationship, this fusion –rather than the extinction of the Creole– may prevail if its speakers consider their language an important element of their identity.Ítem LA DIVERSIDAD LINGÜÍSTICA DE COSTA RICA: LAS LENGUAS INDÍGENAS(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Constenla Umaña, AdolfoThis paper as requested by the organizers of the First Week of Linguistic Diversity, deals with the origin of the Amerindian languages of Costa Rica, which were already in its territory at the pre-Columbian time, which are found currently , and what is their state, and, finally, what kind of elements were borrowed from them by Spanish, the dominant language of the country.Ítem SEMBLANZA DEL DR. ADOLFO CONSTENLA UMAÑA(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Portilla Chaves, MarioThis article presents a profile of Dr. Adolfo Constenla Umaña that emphasizes his work in the fields of teaching, research, and social action. Furthermore, the article underscores his contributions to the field of linguistics, as he was a pioneer in the study of a number of areas, especially concerning indigenous languages about which he did a great deal of important research.Ítem PRIMERA SEMANA DE LA DIVERSIDAD LINGÜÍSTICA DE COSTA RICA: SUS OBJETIVOS Y SUS ACTIVIDADES(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Sánchez Avendaño, CarlosThis document explains how the idea of organizing the First Week of Linguistic Diversity of Costa Rica was conceived. It also states the objectives of this event and the activities that were carried out.Ítem RADIOGRAFÍAS DEL COSTARRICENSE: ENTRE CARMEN NARANJO Y FERNANDO CONTRERAS(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Vallejos Ramírez, MayelaThis essay explores some aspects of the Costa Rican identity through the analysis of two books:5 Temas en busca de un pensador, written by Carmen Naranjo Coto and Urbanoscopio by Fernando Contreras Castro. In this work, I will analyze the five expressions of speech commonly used by Costa Ricans, (Ahí vamos, Qué le vamos a hacer, A mí que me importa, De por sí e Idiay) that Naranjo developed in her essay. I will then examine how Contreras reflects these expressions as part of the daily life of Costa Ricans in his short stories. This allows us to closely examine the concept that Costa Ricans have about themselves and the world in relation to political, social and personal issues.Ítem PARMÉNIDES GARCÍA SALDAÑA: LIKE A ROLLING STONES(2013-01-09 00:00:00) González Gimbernat, JavierDespite being referred to in passing at almost every mention of Mexican Onda literature from the 1960s, the work of Parménides García Saldaña (1944-1982) has garnered scarce critical attention. His work, as is the case with other writers of the Onda literary movement, is notable as being one of the first to be deeply influenced by the effects of globalization; particularly by rock music and culture, and more specifically, the Rolling Stones. Though he has several literary models from which he draws loosely, notably Arthur Rimbaud and the Beat Generation (most specifically William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch (1959)), the overarching influence in his only novel, Pasto verde is undoubtedly the Rolling Stones. The references to the group, specific songs of theirs, and their iconoclastic way of being serve not only evoke the era in which the novel takes place, but also serve as key semantic elements within the experimental text. The use of the Rolling Stones song, “Satisfaction” in the text serves as a guide to understanding the narrator’s psyche and view of the subjective world he is textually constructing. The narrator, who shares many similarities with García Saldaña himself, can be read as a textual construction of the author himself and his view of his own chaotic reality: replete with the hopes, projections, and disappointments experienced by the García Saldaña in the era.Ítem ROSTROS DE MIGRACIÓN EN THE NEW AMERICANS DE RUBÉN MARTÍNEZ(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Cota Torres, ÉdgarPopulation displacements from one country to another due to economical or social reasons are with no doubt, not recent situations. In the specific case of the United States, the people who opt for this change is not only of Mexican origin, as it is often believed. There is an extensive variety of nationalities of those who attempt to arrive to this country searching for the so called American dream. Taking the book The New Americans by Ruben Martinez as a departing point, I propose an analysis of the immigration situation to the United States and how the author humanizes and is able to give these people a face in order for them to stop being a figure or a statistic.Ítem LA POESÍA POSMODERNA Y LA CRÍTICA A LA GLOBALIZACIÓN: HUMBERTO LÓPEZ-CRUZ Y MARICEL MAYOR MARSÁN(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Chen Sham, JorgeCriticism of the media and of globalization are the subjects of the poetry of Cuban exiles in Florida: of which two representative cases of its impact and validity are Humberto López-Cruz and Maricel Mayor Marsán. We are little accustomed to the use of poetic writing for the discussions that arise in a postmodern society, and from the view of the poetic subject, which also offers a point of view of reality while looking at the illusions and the shortcomings that the computer, the Internet, and digital phones radiate in the Neocapitalist and consumeristic society.Ítem LA ZONA, UNA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO GLOBALIZADA Y COLAPSADA POR LA VIOLENCIA(2013-01-09 00:00:00) Anzaldo González, DemetrioThe disparities of social life as seen in the globalized Third world’s cities and urban spaces, have shown obvious symptoms of a terrible social decomposition that continues to worsen due to the lack of educational opportunities for their present and future citizenry. Violence, poverty, corruption, desperation, segregation and death are alarming factors affecting societies. Under this critical framework, the film, La zona, portrays different myths, memories and images lived in a collapsed Mexico City. The movie’s main theme is violence and its terrible consequences in Mexican society. La zona is part of the imminent apocalyptical era deserved for the human populations living in megalopolis such as Mexico City, enormous cities that tend to sacrifice the population of their youth.