Spotlights
- 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
- El Comentario
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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...
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El Comentario
SpotlightRead MoreThese pages are a celebration. With them, we commemorate 50 years of satisfactory, continuous, and profitable journalism, supporting the teaching of this noble profession—now a profession—that allows us to exercise one of humanity's fundamental rights: the right to free expression. We also celebrate that for five decades we have been a very important part of the communications work of the University of Colima; we have made and continue to make available to our readers, now our audiences, the rich academic, institutional, athletic, cultural, and outreach work of the state's highest...
