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The Monkey on Frida’s Shoulder is an imaginative re-telling of the life of Frida Kahlo, seen through the eyes of her house pet Nat—a talking spider monkey with a taste for linguistics, haute couture, and detective novels. After fleeing the destruction of his native jungle, the orphaned monkey arrives in Mexico City in the early 20th century, where he forms an unlikely bond with spirited young Frida Kahlo. Together they roam the city streets, their mischief tinged with rebellion, as Nat pledges loyalty to Frida through devastating accidents, ideological battles, and her tempestuous marriage to Diego Rivera.But devotion has its limits. As Frida’s world grows darker and more insular, Nat is forced to confront the cost of loyalty and the need for moral clarity. His journey beyond the Casa Azul introduces readers to a pious Chihuahua, a shimmer of monarch butterflies, and the enigmatic guest Natalia Trotsky.Blending magical realism, absurdism, and Mexican history, Catherine Barrera’s debut novel reimagines one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century from an utterly original perspective. Both irreverent fable and love letter to Casa Azul, The Monkey on Frida’s Shoulder captures the blurred borders of magic, myth, and reality in a way that will resonate with fans of literary fiction, Latin American history, and Frida Kahlo’s enduring legacy.

The Other Fridas: The Lives and Works of Latin American Women Artists explores the lives of prominent and lesser known artists from a dozen different countries, and seeks to understand their artistic contributions and their complex lives. Frida Kahlo is one of the most recognizable women artists of the Western world and an icon of feminism. Yet, Latin America has produced many other women artists who, like Kahlo, challenged conventions of their day, transgressed gender stereotypes, and significantly contributed to cultural and artistic realms. Most have been overshadowed by their male counterparts; and while some have been recognized in their home countries, the vast majority have remained in obscurity at home and abroad. This collection brings together sixteen essays, and features such artists as Chilean composer Violeta Parra, Cuban painter Belkis Ayón, nineteenth-century Portuguese-Brazilian actress Maria Velluti, Puerto Rican painter and sculptor Luisa Géigel Brunet, and many more. This book celebrates the lives and creativity of these underrecognized artists, and the contributions that they have made towards Latin American art.

From the kitchen of a world-renowned chef comes this treasury of authentic Mexican recipes inspired by the painter Frida Kahlo and filled with mouthwatering photography.A little-known fact about iconic artist Frida Kahlo was her love of Mexican cuisine, especially that of her mother's birthplace - Oaxaca. Frida loved dishes such as mole, tamales and enchiladas and savored trips to the market in Coyocan. Her famous "Mole Poblano" recipe, a chocolate-chili sauce, indispensable to Mexican cuisine, now hangs in the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City.This luxurious cookbook is filled with authentic dishes that reflect Kahlo's distinctive style. Saturated with color and flavor, it includes fundamental recipes for the building blocks of Mexican gastronomy-tortillas, moles, salsas, beans, chiles, and beverages-as well as classic dishes such as tacos with beef, pork and chicken; enchiladas, chilaquiles, and posole; flan and tres leches cake. Castellanos' recipes are true to her own and Kahlo's heritage, using traditional methods and ingredients that emphasize quality and taste over convenience foods.In engaging texts, Castellano explores Kahlo's relationship to food, as well as the historic importance of Mexican culinary arts in Kahlo's work. Fans of Kahlo's art will gain a deeper understanding of her use of color and her connection to Mexican tradition. Anyone interested in authentic Mexican cooking will be drawn to the flavors and textures of Castellanos' gorgeously illustrated recipes.

I centrum står den kloka, handlingskraftiga Frida Fokuson, legendarisk föreståndare för Fokusons Ost-, Smör- och Ägghandel på Fabriksgatan. Hennes mirakulöst upphittade anteckningar har gett underlag för denna boks mustiga skildringar, där kända göteborgsprofiler som Harry Hjörne lyfter på kubben, Ronnie Hartley lyfter fiolen, och Sten Allan Olsson startar en färjelinje. I utkanten smyger Curt Cannelloni. Vågar du (re)tro på detta? Återhämta dig mellan berättelserna med att laga Fridas återgivna goda matrecept.

Gehrmans artnr: 7040.

"Fridas nya värld" är andra delen av två i en nyutgivning av Frida Åslunds barnbokstrilogi och innehåller andra halvan av originalsamlingen "Frida i Per-Nils-gården" (1928), hela "Tiden går" (1932) samt en separat publicerad Frida-historia som inte fanns med i originalböckerna. Boken innehåller ett flertal unika fotografier som skildrar livet i Umeå åren 1885-1894. Idéhistorikern Björn Olsson skriver i efterordet till boken: "Det var något alldeles nytt och annorlunda med boken och dess författare. Hon tog vår norrländska landsända på allvar, och skildrade den med en insikt och detaljrikedom som förvånade oss. /---/ Umeå förvandlades under 1800-talet från att vara en obetydlig kuststad till en betydande handels- och hamnstad. /---/ Det var en formlig invasion av nya intryck för ögat och örat som, med den reguljära båtförbindelsen söderifrån vällde in i det dittills ganska isolerade Umeå. Detta gjorde att häpnadsväckande berättelser och myter frodades. /---/ Böckerna om Frida berättar om en förlorad värld, både en mental och en materiell. Fast byggnader och platser i många fall finns kvar är de nu förändrade. Att läsa böckerna manar fram känslor av nostalgi och vemod, en saknad efter barndomstiden."

Compelling works by one of the 20th century's most provocative artists: The Broken Column, The Dead Dimas Rosas at the Age of Three, Self-Portrait with Monkey, 13 others.

Atypical Plays For Atypical Actors is the first of its kind: a collection of dramas which redefines the notion of normalcy and extends the range of what it is to be human. From monologues, to performance texts, to realist plays, these involving and subversive pieces explore disability as a portal to new experience.Includes the plays: peeling; The Almond and the Seahorse; In Water I’m Weightless; the 9 Fridas; and Cosy.Although disabled characters appear often in plays within the Western theatrical tradition, seldom have the writers been disabled or Deaf themselves, or written from those atypical embodied experiences. This is what contributes to making Kaite O’Reilly’s Selected Plays essential reading – critically acclaimed plays and performance texts written in a range of styles over twelve years, but all informed by a political and cultural disability perspective. They ‘answer back’ to the moral and medical models of disability and attempt to subvert or critique assumptions and negative representations of disabled people.The selected plays and performance texts exhibit a broad approach to issues around disability. Some, like In Water I’m Weightless/The ‘d’ Monologues (part of the Cultural Olympiad and official festival celebrating the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics) are embedded in disability politics, aesthetics, and ‘crip’ humour. A montage of monologues that can be performed solo or as a chorus, they challenge the normative gaze and celebrate all the possibilities of human variety. The Almond and the Seahorse is different, a ‘mainstream’ character-led realist drama about survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury, with subversive politics in its belly. A response to ‘tragic but brave’ depictions of head injury and memory loss, and informed by personal experience, the play interrogates the reality of living with TBI, questioning who the ‘victims’ are.peeling, a landmark play written for one Deaf and two disabled female actors, was originally produced by Graeae Theatre Company in 2002, 2003, and for BBC Radio 3. A ‘feminist masterpiece…quietly ground breaking’ (Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman), it has become a set text for Theatre and Drama and Disability Studies university degree courses in the UK and US. Frequently remounted, its lively meta-theatrical form supports its central themes of war, eugenics, and a woman’s control over her fertility, which are as relevant today as ever. peeling was written exclusively for performers identifying as Deaf, disabled or neuro-divergent. The performance text the 9 Fridas is a complex mosaic offering multiple representations of arguably the world’s most famous female artist, Frida Kahlo, reclaiming her as a disability icon. Performed in Mandarin translation, it was the closing production of the 2014 Taipei Art Festival and will transfer to Hong Kong in October 2016. It is currently being translated into German, Hindi, and Spanish. Cosy is a darkly comedic look at the joys and humiliations of getting older and how we shuffle off this mortal coil. Three generations of a dysfunctional family explore their choices in a world obsessed with eternal youth, and asks whose life (or death) is it, anyway? An Unlimited Commission, Cosy premiered in 2016, appearing at the Unlimited Festivals at Southbank Centre and Tramway.The 9 Fridas; Cosy; and The Almond and The Seahorse: These performance texts and plays were written for an inclusive, diverse cast of disabled, non-disabled, hearing and Deaf identifying performers.

Frida Kahlo (1907–54) is widely recognised as one of the defining artists of the twentieth century. Her uncompromising vision, self-fashioning and fearless portrayal of the self have all established her as a beloved global icon.This introduction opens an intimate window into Kahlo’s world, exploring how Mexican traditions, revolutionary ideals and animist cosmovisions shaped her life and work. It traces her journey from Coyoacán, through her travels to the United States and Paris, and back to an adventurous life in Mexico, filled with artistic exchanges, fiestas and corridos, but also chronic illness and suffering. Delving into the many layers of an artist who defied categorisation, this book looks at Kahlo’s constant reimagining of the self as a disabled, mestiza woman, and invites the reader to engage with her legacy in new ways.

Love, longing, and art intertwine in this sumptuous tribute to Frida Kahlo. Featuring an anthology of love poems by more than 20 poets from the Spanish-speaking world, the book explores the passions that shaped Kahlo’s life and fuelled her creativity. An evocative overview of her life and artistic practice traces her unique techniques and visionary approach, while lavish full-colour reproductions of her paintings, drawings, and photographs bring her world vividly to life. Woven throughout are intimate quotations from Kahlo’s letters and diaries, revealing a voice at once fierce, tender, and unforgettable. This is a celebration of love in all its forms, seen through the heart and art of one of the twentieth century’s most compelling figures.Love poetry from some of the greatest authors of the Spanish-speaking world including:Delmira Agostini, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Jorge Luis Borges, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Antonio Machado, Octavio Paz