Spotlights
- Volcanoes!
- Unlawful Dealing: Marriage, Sexuality and Crime in Colima at the End of the Ancien Régime (1765-1821)
- Valleys of Colima: Mixed Race Cuisine and Self Discovery
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Volcanoes!
SpotlightRead MoreVolcanoes have always been essential to creating life as we know it today. When our planet was still in formation, volcanoes provided the Earth’s surface with heat, water, and a powerful mix of organic compounds which were key elements for the beginning of life; therefore, they are the most evident manifestation that planet Earth is alive.
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Unlawful Dealing: Marriage, Sexuality and Crime in Colima at the End of the Ancien Régime (1765-1821)
SpotlightRead MoreThis book presents how the legal and judicial management of marriage and sexuality changed in the Spanish-American world toward the end of the Ancien Régime, using the jurisdiction of Colima as a vantage point between 1765 and 1821. This was a period of profound political changes that led to matters related to marriage and sexual crimes becoming exclusively secular matters rather than mixed matters—civil and ecclesiastical—as they had been previously managed. This meant that the Catholic Church lost its judicial powers, as ecclesiastical courts could no longer penalize sexual offenses,...
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Valleys of Colima: Mixed Race Cuisine and Self Discovery
SpotlightRead MoreLike bowls, the seven valleys of Colima: Tecomán, Armería, Ixtlahuacán, Colima, Coquimatlán, Manzanillo, and Cihuatlán, have accumulated the richness of the entire territory of Colima. The diversity of the climates of the region and their products have been captured, but they have also been the space in which they have made an impact in the economic and social dynamics which have transformed the food culture in the last 500 years.
Fortunately, cultural resistance has made it possible to keep ingredients and techniques that, in time, have established themselves as part of each...
