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A Cultural History of Spanish Speakers in Japan

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Beginning in 1990, thousands of Spanish speakers emigrated to Japan. A Cultural History of Spanish Speakers in Japan focuses on the intellectuals, literature, translations, festivals, cultural associations, music (bolero, tropical music, and pop, including reggaeton), dance (flamenco, tango and salsa), radio, newspapers, magazines, libraries, and blogs produced in Spanish, in Japan, by Latin Americans and Spaniards who have lived in that country over the last three decades.

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Exploring Spanish and American Colonialism to Post-Colonialism: A Filipina American’s Creative Process

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Filmmaker Angel Velasco Shaw will screen her first two experimental documentaries and discuss the creative process and relationship to her own on-going interest in exploring the effects of Spanish and American colonialism, and empire building on Filipino/American experiences from a transnationalist perspective. BALIKBAYAN (Return To Home): Super-8 film mastered on 3/4.” 13 minutes. 1988. Documentary … Read more

Chinese, English, Spanish: Writing a Third Literature of the Americas

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Chinese, English, Spanish: Writing a Third Literature of the Americas A Trilingual Program Date: Friday, December 14, 2012 Time: 5:30PM to 9:30PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor Program 5:30PM to 7PM Reception with light refreshments – meat or vegetarian available 7:15PM to 9:15PM Panel Discussion & Readings 9:15PM to 9:30PM Book Signing Since … Read more