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Juvenile Discrepancies and Community Reformation
Get PDFViolence has become the new normal in our society. With recent rise in various criminal acts both petit and grand the ones who are committing these acts are rarely in question and they all happen to be juvenile’s. Either labeled by the media or criticized by society these juvenile’s have subjected and normalized themselves to what they observe in their environment. The research being conducted is to find out why there’s been such a rise in juvenile delinquency, who\u27s to blame, and how do we fix it. The hypothesis follows as; If the environment of a juvenile has been threatened and/or compromised then they will fall victim to miscellaneous or higher crimes because of their lack of self-consciousness. The effects of society’s social construction of reality and their marginalized communities cause them to commit criminal activities because one is always a product of their environment.  
‘Ciertos fantasmas de la tradición literaria mexicana’: La desaparición y resurgimiento de Amparo Dávila
Get PDFThis essay traces the rise, fall, and second ascent of Dávila’s literary fame, whose writing, relevant to the fantasy genre, fell largely into oblivion for decades before the resurgence of her work in the final years of the author’s life with the publication of her Cuentos reunidos, (2009) and a new collection of her stories translated into English. This article analyzes the importance of Dávila as one of the best Latin American exponents of the feminine fantastic, and frames some of her most important stories within this genre based on theories of the fantastic developed by Carmen Alemany Bay, David Roas and Marcelo Cohen. Also, it analyzes the role of the Mexican American writer Cristina Rivera Garza who, with her novel La cresta de Ilión (2002), helped rescue Dávila’s memory. The present work examines the use of intertextuality in La cresta de Ilión in relation to the work of Dávila, as part of the analysis of the author’s enormous influence on contemporary Latin American and cross-border writing. This article contains unpublished material from an interview conducted with the author shortly before her death. In addition, it shares previously unpublished details about the publication and American reception of her work The Houseguest and Other Stories (New Directions, 2018), translated into English by this article’s author and Matthew Gleeson.El presente ensayo rastrea el ascenso, la caída, y el segundo ascenso de la fama literaria de Dávila, cuya escritura, pertinente al género fantástico, cayó mayormente en el olvido por décadas antes del resurgimiento de su obra, en los últimos años de vida de la autora, con la publicación de sus Cuentos reunidos, (2009) y una nueva colección de sus cuentos, traducidos al inglés. Este ensayo analiza la importancia de Dávila como una de las mejores exponentes latinoamericanas de lo fantástico femenino, y encuadra algunos de sus cuentos más importantes dentro de este género, basándose en teorías de lo fantástico elaboradas por Carmen Alemany Bay, David Roas y Marcelo Cohen. También, analiza el papel de la escritora mexicana-estadounidense Cristina Rivera Garza que, con su novela La cresta de Ilión (2002), ayudó a rescatar la memoria de Dávila. El presente trabajo examina el uso de intertextualidad en La cresta de Ilión en relación con la obra Davilana, como parte de su análisis de la enorme influencia de Dávila en la escritura contemporánea latinoamericana y transfronteriza. Este artículo contiene material inédito de una entrevista llevada a cabo con la autora poco antes de su muerte. Además, comparte detalles inéditos sobre la publicación y recepción estadounidense de su obra The Houseguest and Other Stories (New Directions, 2018), traducida al inglés por esta autora y Matthew Gleeson
Let’s TALK About That Kiss: Staging Kissing in a COVID World
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“How do I stage a kiss?” has always been one of the questions we at Theatrical Intimacy Education (TIE) receive most frequently from teachers, directors, and actors, even as the industry has begun to embrace and implement the practices that intimacy specialists and TIE teach, and as audition disclosures and using “placeholder” (Pace 2020) have become the norm. However, the matter of staging kisses, understandably, seems to be causing quite a bit of anxiety in the COVID world. There are solutions to help lessen this anxiety. But first, let’s remind ourselves about how to stage a kiss. 
