Latin American popular culture since independence : an introduction / edited by William H. Beezley and Linda A. Curcio-Nagy.
This unique reader offers an engaging collection of essays that highlight the diversity of Latin America's cultural expressions from independence to the present. Leading historians explore funerals, dance and music, letters and literature, spectacles and monuments, and world's fairs and fo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: | This unique reader offers an engaging collection of essays that highlight the diversity of Latin America's cultural expressions from independence to the present. Leading historians explore funerals, dance and music, letters and literature, spectacles and monuments, and world's fairs and food. These themes and events highlight the ways in which a wide range of individuals with copious, at times contradictory, motives attempted to forge identity, turn the world upside down, mock their betters, forget their troubles through dance, express love in letters, and altogether enjoy life. Th. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 340 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442212565 144221256X 9786613273215 661327321X 1283273217 9781283273213 |