Download PDF version El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (1925-1965), better known as Malcolm X, one of the most iconic figures in African American culture and its antiracist movements. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and baptized by his Christian parents as Malcolm Little, the...
La escritora, crítica literaria y profesora, Naida Saavedra, es la figura principal en el proceso de conceptualización, documentación y visibilización de lo que ha definido como el New Latino Boom. Este movimiento cultural en español, propio de los Estados Unidos,...
Featured image: art by Steve Marchal. Download PDF version When Rocky was released in 1976, it became a worldwide phenomenon celebrated by both audience and critics. The story of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is the typical fairy tale of the...
On October 30th of 1975, Bob Dylan inaugurated a 2 year tour along the United States and Canada: the Rolling Thunder Revue. Mostly performed at small enclosures, the eccentric project that included some of the most innovative names of American...
Poeta, dramaturga, ensayista, profesora… son muchos los adjetivos que encajan con una letrada tan versátil como Ana Merino. Con la tradición literaria como parte del ADN familiar, la madrileña debutó este año como novelista. El mapa de los afectos (2020)...
Bruce Springsteen’s debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., was released in 1973. 18 records and 25 years later, the American icon signed a deal with Netflix to record his experiment with a new format. Springsteen on Broadway (2018), recorded at...
For our third ‘book of the month’ recommendation, I decided to choose one that summarizes the evolution of American rock and roll and the music industry since the 80’s till our days. Margaret Olson’s Bon Jovi: America’s Ultimate Band (2013)...
Download PDF version Both the Vietnam War disaster (1955-1975) and the Watergate scandal (1972-1974) had a negative impact in the self-perception of US citizens. As many other cultural manifestations, American films portrayed a sense of defeat in the Cold War...
