History Archives - DJ Wez G

June 18, 2023 wezg

Guerrilla Heroico

The Cuban Revolution was an earth-shattering event with huge consequences internationally, not just in Latin America, but further afield. I felt the impact myself whilst travelling across Scandinavia in 2005. I’d run out of clean underwear and, while scanning the

May 26, 2023 wezg

La Santa Muerte en el Reino Unido #centuryofgaga

(English Translation of article below Spanish version here) La muerte es la única garantía que tenemos. Incluso el nacimiento no está garantizado. La muerte llega a todo: a cada roca, a cada árbol, a cada mono, a cada vaca, a

May 13, 2023 wezg

Review: Adventure Everywhere – Pablo Picasso’s Paris Nightlife – by Dave Haslam

I like the art of Picasso, I like the city of Paris, and I like the books of Dave Haslam. I was therefore pleased to hear of the release of this book which studies the life and art of famous

January 12, 2023 wezg

Review: The Motorcycle Diaries – by Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

I’ve read three of Che Guevara’s other books, the theory on guerrilla warfare and the diaries of his campaigning in the revolutions of Cuba and Bolivia. The Motorcycle Diaries precede these other critical works and document Che’s travels across Latin

June 30, 2022 wezg

La ONCE

La ONCE, una historia de unión y superación Corrían los años treinta cuando varias asociaciones españolas de invidentes comenzaron a organizar las primeras rifas para obtener ingresos. Buscaban liberarse de una condición histórica ligada a la mendicidad y a la

September 19, 2019 wezg

Review: Viva La Revolución by Eric Hobsbawm

This is my first venture into respected leftist author, Eric Hobsbawm’s work. The book was compiled after the author’s death in 2012 and is a collection of his writings on Latin America after he spent over forty years passionately exploring

November 15, 2017 wezg

Review: France 1815-1914 The Bourgeois Century – by Roger Magraw

This book focuses on post-revolutionary France, during a period where the bourgeois consolidated their gains from 1789. Three further revolutionary changes of power occurred in France during the studied century and again it was the bourgeois who gained the most

October 29, 2017 wezg

Review: Marxism and the French Left – by Tony Judt

This is an in depth study of socialism in France. The book is broken up into a series of long chapters, each covering a critical period of the political left in France. The emergence of working class political culture in

October 29, 2017 wezg

Review: Marxism and the French Left – by Tony Judt

October 8, 2017 wezg

Review: Revolutionary Syndicalism and French Labor: A Cause Without Rebels – by Peter N. Stearns

This short book, written in 1971, is a study of syndicalism and its effects on the French Labour movement in the twenty years preceding World War 1. French workers had learned the effectiveness of striking to improve their wages and

October 8, 2017 wezg

Review: Revolutionary Syndicalism and French Labor: A Cause Without Rebels – by Peter N. Stearns

March 15, 2017 wezg

The Repeating Island – Representations of the Francophone Caribbean

With close reference to Benitez-Rojo’s notion of the ‘repeating island’, discuss how the Francophone Caribbean has been represented by writers, travellers and artists. This essay shall focus on how various writers, travellers and artists have represented the Francophone Caribbean.

December 5, 2016 wezg

Account For The Nationalist Victory In The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War lasted for three years from 1936 to 1939 and was ultimately won by the Nationalists. This victory was far from certain at various points of the conflict and this essay shall explore the many factors that

January 12, 2015 wezg

Guerrilla Heroico

Discuss how textual and visual representations of the Rebel Army during and after the Cuban Revolution contributed to the myth of the heroic guerrilla in Latin America. The original iconic 1968 stylized ‘Guerrilla Heroico’ Che Guevara imagecreated by Jim Fitzpatrick,

January 12, 2015 wezg

Guerrilla Heroico

January 10, 2015 wezg

History Of Translation

Various scholars have highlighted the importance of translation history. To what extent would you agree and why? Discuss and exemplify, making reference to at least two theorists. Translation history mimics history itself. Any post-Babel relationship between tribes, nations, continents, peoples,

October 26, 2014 wezg

Review: A History of Spain – by Simon Barton

This is a concise, comprehensive history of Spain which reads very easily and seems to cover most aspects of Spanish history, if only glossing over parts without going into heavy detail. It does recommend further reading and as a general

October 26, 2014 wezg

Review: A History of Spain – by Simon Barton

October 15, 2014 wezg

Review: Roads To Santiago – by Cees Nooteboom

The Dutch author is, most certainly, an admirer of Spain. He writes passionately about his travels across the land, traversing history, culture, and the role of Spain in the modern world. The style is erratic and it takes a while

October 14, 2014 wezg

Review: The Politics of Translation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance – by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Luise von Flotow, Daniel Russell

I discovered this book in the Cardiff University library and thought it would provide a valuable insight into translation in history. I am interested in general history of the Renaissance and Middle Ages and found that this book helped to

October 6, 2014 wezg

Review: Translation, History, & Culture – by Susan Bassnet

This book comprises of a selection of 12 essays illustrating elements of translation studies. Each chapter usually covers an analysis of a detailed example and to what context this example illustrates an element of the emerging discipline that is Translation

October 6, 2014 wezg

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