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Dichos! The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings

By Joseph J. Keenan

University of Texas Press, 2019

One of the most challenging—and entertaining—aspects of learning another language is the idiom. Those quirky phrases, steeped in metaphor and colorful cultural references, enliven conversation and make your cross-cultural communication familiar, fun, and meaningful. ¡Dichos! (Sayings) brings us a vibrant compendium of both age-old and brand-new expressions from across Latin America, compiled by the language enthusiast whose Breaking Out of Beginner’s Spanish transformed thousands of readers’ interactions with the Spanish language.

¡Dichos! is divided into thematic sections covering topics ranging from games and relaxation to politics, macho men, and Mondays. Spanish speakers can also use the book to identify the spot-on/best slangy English equivalent for a Spanish-language idiom. Packed with gems like La barba me huele a tigre, y yo mismo me tengo miedo (My beard smells of tiger, and I’m even afraid of myself) and Para todo mal, mezcal; para todo bien, también (For everything bad, mezcal; for everything good, likewise), this book is the ultimate tool for taking your language skills to the next level as you navigate nuance with humor and linguistic agility.

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cover of Dichos! The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings

Dichos! The Wit and Whimsy of Spanish Sayings

By Joseph J. Keenan

University of Texas Press, 2019

One of the most challenging—and entertaining—aspects of learning another language is the idiom. Those quirky phrases, steeped in metaphor and colorful cultural references, enliven conversation and make your cross-cultural communication familiar, fun, and meaningful. ¡Dichos! (Sayings) brings us a vibrant compendium of both age-old and brand-new expressions from across Latin America, compiled by the language enthusiast whose Breaking Out of Beginner’s Spanish transformed thousands of readers’ interactions with the Spanish language.

¡Dichos! is divided into thematic sections covering topics ranging from games and relaxation to politics, macho men, and Mondays. Spanish speakers can also use the book to identify the spot-on/best slangy English equivalent for a Spanish-language idiom. Packed with gems like La barba me huele a tigre, y yo mismo me tengo miedo (My beard smells of tiger, and I’m even afraid of myself) and Para todo mal, mezcal; para todo bien, también (For everything bad, mezcal; for everything good, likewise), this book is the ultimate tool for taking your language skills to the next level as you navigate nuance with humor and linguistic agility.

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Domination without Dominance

Inca-Spanish Encounters in Early Colonial Peru

Gonzalo Lamana

Duke University Press, 2008

Offering an alternative narrative of the conquest of the Incas, Gonzalo Lamana both examines and shifts away from the colonial imprint that still permeates most accounts of the conquest. Lamana focuses on a key moment of transition: the years that bridged the first contact between Spanish conquistadores and Andean peoples in 1531 and the moment, around 1550, when a functioning colonial regime emerged. Using published accounts and array of archival sources, he focuses on questions of subalternization, meaning making, copying, and exotization, which proved crucial to both the Spaniards and the Incas. On the one hand, he re-inserts different epistemologies into the conquest narrative, making central to the plot often-dismissed, discrepant stories such as books that were expected to talk and year-long attacks that could only be launched under a full moon. On the other hand, he questions the dominant image of a clear distinction between Inca and Spaniard, showing instead that on the battlefield as much as in everyday arenas such as conversion, market exchanges, politics, and land tenure, the parties blurred into each other in repeated instances of mimicry.

Lamana’s redefinition of the order of things reveals that, contrary to the conquerors’ accounts, what the Spanairds achieved was a “domination without dominance.” This conclusion undermines common ideas of Spanish (and Western) superiority. It shows that casting order as a by-product of military action rests on a pervasive fallacy: the translation of military superiority into cultural superiority. In constant dialogue with critical thinking from different disciplines and traditions, Lamana illuminates how this new interpretation of the conquest of the Incas revises current understandings of Western colonialism and the emergence of still-current global configurations.

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Drawing in Spain Across Four Centuries

Julian Brooks

J. Paul Getty Trust, The, 0

A revealing exploration of four centuries of Spanish drawings—from Murillo and Ribera to Goya and Sorolla—through the themes of religion, power, and daily life.

Spanish drawing has long been viewed through the lens of a few celebrated artists. Drawing in Spain Across Four Centuries brings together more than 60 works on paper from the complementary collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Meadows Museum to tell a broader and more dynamic story. Essays trace the evolution of Spanish drawing from the Renaissance to modernity, showing how artists used drawing as a tool for training in workshops and academies, a means of circulating ideas across Europe and the Americas, and a medium for expression and experimentation. Organized around the themes of faith, politics, and everyday experience, the volume reveals a vibrant and diverse tradition that spans centuries and geography.

  • Introduces readers to Spanish drawing, a field long overshadowed by Italian, French, German, and Dutch schools.
  • Widens our view of the field by examining drawing and printmaking in Mexico City and other locations in Spain’s global empire.
  • Features works by well-known artists like Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera, Francisco de Goya, Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, alongside lesser-known figures whose compositions open new perspectives on the field.

Bringing together masterpieces and surprising discoveries, this volume offers readers an engaging and accessible introduction to the rich tradition of drawing in Spain and beyond.

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the Meadows Museum from September 19, 2027, to January 9, 2028, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from February 15 to June 4, 2028.

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