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    The Imaginary of Exaggeration
    The Imaginary of Exaggeration
    The Imaginary of Exaggeration
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    The Imaginary of Exaggeration

    By Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

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    THE IMAGINARY OF EXAGGERATION is a cultural essay on the culture of Antioquia, Colombia. Mental mechanisms are used by the man of Antioquia to create new cultural products. In particular, they are analyzed the imaginary processes and processes of exaggeration.
    The oral tradition becomes the source to rebuild this cultural wealth. It parades here imaginary beings created to educate ethically and morally to members of human groups in this geography. The stories arouse emotions, transmit knowledge and educate for life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLuis Carlos Molina Acevedo
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9781311296887
    The Imaginary of Exaggeration
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    Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

    Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo was born in Fredonia, Colombia. He is Social Communicator of the University of Antioquia, and Masters in Linguistics from the same university. The author has published more than twenty books online bookstores:I Want to Fly, From Don Juan to Sexual Vampirism, The Imaginary of Exaggeration, and The Clavicle of Dreams.Quiero Volar, El Alfarero de Cuentos, Virtuales Sensaciones, El Abogado del Presidente, Guayacán Rojo Sangre, Territorios de Muerte, Años de Langosta, El Confesor, El Orbe Llamador, Oscares al Desnudo, Diez Cortos Animados, La Fortaleza, Tribunal Inapelable, Operación Ameba, Territorios de la Muerte, La Edad de la Langosta, Del Donjuanismo al Vampirismo Sexual, Imaginaria de la Exageración, La Clavícula de los Sueños, Quince Escritores Colombianos, De Escritores para Escritores, El Moderno Concepto de Comunicación, Sociosemántica de la Amistad, Magia: Símbolos y Textos de la Magia.

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      Book preview

      The Imaginary of Exaggeration - Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

      THE IMAGINARY OF EXAGGERATION

      By Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

      Smashwords Edition

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      Copyright 1990 Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

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      Copyright 2015 Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

      Contacto:

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      Carátula: Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      About the Author

      Luis Carlos Molina Acevedo was born in Fredonia, Colombia. He is Social Communicator of the University of Antioquia, and Masters in Linguistics from the same university. The author has published more than twenty books online bookstores:

      I Want to Fly, From Don Juan to Sexual Vampirism, The Imaginary of Exaggeration, and The Clavicle of Dreams.

      Quiero Volar, El Alfarero de Cuentos, Virtuales Sensaciones, El Abogado del Presidente, Guayacán Rojo Sangre, Territorios de Muerte, Años de Langosta, El Confesor, El Orbe Llamador, Oscares al Desnudo, Diez Cortos Animados, La Fortaleza, Tribunal Inapelable, Operación Ameba, Territorios de la Muerte, La Edad de la Langosta, Del Donjuanismo al Vampirismo Sexual, Imaginaria de la Exageración, La Clavícula de los Sueños, Quince Escritores Colombianos, De Escritores para Escritores, El Moderno Concepto de Comunicación, Sociosemántica de la Amistad, Magia: Símbolos y Textos de la Magia.

      Content

      Take away from me

      Imaginary in Antioquia

      Aspects of oral tradition

      The start situation

      Figures Narratives

      Nonverbal language

      Characters

      Projection

      Psychic Phenomena

      Interaction with Nature

      The identification process

      The transfer process

      Symbolic traffic

      Apprehension of Reality

      To recap

      Conclusion

      Illustrations

      Introduction

      THE IMAGINARY OF EXAGGERATION is a cultural essay on the culture of Antioquia, Colombia. Mental mechanisms are used by the man of Antioquia to create new cultural products. In particular, they are analyzed the imaginary processes and processes of exaggeration.

      The oral tradition becomes the source to rebuild this cultural wealth. It parades here imaginary beings created to educate ethically and morally to members of human groups in this geography. The stories arouse emotions, transmit knowledge and educate for life.

      Take away from me

      Some recent day I remarked: Today I are going the wrong thing. It is a bad day. My interlocutor answered: Maybe, you woke up on the wrong foot. I knew it was not for that, but I said: Perhaps, it is for that. And I knew it was not for that, because every day I wake up on the wrong foot. My bed is arranged so that when I wake up, I must always put first, my left foot on the floor and then the right foot. Review in my memory and I find that has almost always been the

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