{ "item_title" : "El Dedo En Los Labios / A Finger to the Lips", "item_author" : [" Lola Pons "], "item_description" : "UNA LECTURA IN DITA DE LA CULTURA HISP NICA TRAV S DE LO QUE NO SE DICE, DEL SILENCIO.Lola Pons se parece a la idea plat nica de fil loga: su amor por las lenguas, su saber y su don para divulgar son una fiesta para lectoras como yo. --Irene VallejoLola Pons es una maga de las palabras: con asombrosa, amen sima y brillante erudici n, hipnotiza al lector y lo conduce por las fascinantes aventuras de nuestra lengua.-- Rosa MonteroPARA HABLAR DEL SILENCIO HEMOS DE ROMPERLO. Toda cultura deja huellas en sus voces, pero tambi n en sus silencios. Aprender a leerlos es descubrir otra manera de mirar el pasado.Por quunas sociedades ense an a callar y otras premian la palabra?C mo han cambiado los significados del silencio a lo largo del tiempo?Qunos dicen sobre unapoca sus formas de guardar un secreto, ejercer el poder, censurar, rezar, amar, protestar o escuchar? A trav s de gestos, costumbres, episodios y expresiones de nuestro pasado, este libro sigue el rastro del silencio en el mundo hisp nico y reconstruye una historia fascinante que enlaza la Edad Media con las redes sociales, los monasterios con los parlamentos, la literatura con la conversaci n cotidiana: un recorrido lleno de hallazgos que demuestra que callar nunca ha supuesto un vac o, sino un modo de construir relaciones, expresar valores y entender el mundo. Lola Pons convierte la historia de la lengua en un apasionante relato de las personas y de las sociedades que la han hablado. El dedo en los labios descubre una dimensi n inesperada de nuestra cultura y nos invita a comprender que una lengua no solo conserva las palabras de quienes la hablan, sino tambi n la memoria de sus silencios. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A NEW READING OF HISPANIC CULTURE THROUGH WHAT GOES UNSAID -- THROUGH SILENCE. Lola Pons resembles the Platonic ideal of a philologist: her love of languages, her learning, and her gift for sharing them are a joy for readers like me. --Irene Vallejo Lola Pons is a sorceress of words: with astonishing, thoroughly delightful, and brilliant erudition, she hypnotizes the reader and leads them through the fascinating adventures of our language. --Rosa Montero TO SPEAK OF SILENCE, WE MUST BREAK IT.Every culture leaves traces in its voices, but also in its silences. Learning to read them means discovering another way of looking at the past. Why do some societies teach people to hold their tongue while others reward speech? How have the meanings of silence shifted over time? What do a period's ways of keeping a secret, wielding power, censoring, praying, loving, protesting, or listening tell us about it? Through gestures, customs, episodes, and turns of phrase from our past, this book follows the trail of silence across the Hispanic world and reconstructs a fascinating history -- one that links the Middle Ages with social media, monasteries with parliaments, literature with everyday conversation: a journey full of discoveries showing that to fall silent has never meant a void, but rather a way of building relationships, expressing values, and understanding the world. Lola Pons turns the history of language into a captivating story of the people and societies that have spoken it. A Finger to the Lips reveals an unexpected dimension of our culture and invites us to see that a language preserves not only the words of those who speak it, but also the memory of their silences.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/8/43/062/927/8430629270_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "22.95", "online_price" : "22.95", "our_price" : "22.95", "club_price" : "22.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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