Combining work by critics from Latin America, the USA, and Europe, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice is the first anthology of articles in English to examine science fiction in all of Latin America, from Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and the Southern Cone. Using a variety of sophisticated theoretical approaches, the book explores not merely the development of a science fiction tradition in the region, but more importantly, the intricate ways in which this tradition has engaged with the most important cultural and literary debates of recent year.
In the caseofBrazil, withfew exceptions,the focus on AngloAmerican SF
predominateduntil the late1980s.5 Braulio Tavares's annotated bibliography,
Fantastic, Fantasy and Science Fiction Literature Catalog (1991), published
bythe Biblioteca ...
A comprehensive how-to manual for traffic calming in the United States. Planners and engineers can look to this manual for guidance on the appropriate use, design, and signing and marking of traffic-calming measures. For local officials, developers, and community associations, it is an introduction to the goals and tactics of traffic calming. Based in part on the first traffic-calming manual taken through a formal rule-making process and adopted by a state department of transportation as a supplement to its roadway design manual, this book catalogs principles that have been modified by many local jurisdictions to match local priorities and preferences. Standardization is key to the success of traffic-calming initiatives, and this book explains the processes, tools, and design needed to create a standard traffic-calming program. It also shows how municipalities can build needed flexibility into such programs. Signage and markings are also key, and a chapter is devoted to these issues. This is the book that states and municipalities need to create effective traffic-calming programs.
This book brings together three important areas in language teaching and learning research by exploring the impact of study abroad on student's second language identities through narrative research.
The title of this book includes three terms that have opened up new and exciting
areas in second language learning research: narrative, second language identity
, and study abroad. In this introduction, we explain how these three concepts ...
