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Item Details
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LATIN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
AN INTRODUCTION |
| By: |
William H. Beezley (Editor), Linda Ann Curcio (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0842027106 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780842027106 |
| Publisher: |
SCHOLARLY RESOURCES INC.,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2000 |
| Pages: |
255 |
| Description: |
Explores a wide range of cultural subjects in Latin America, including carnival, romance, funerals, medicine, monuments and dance, among others. This collection is a useful resource for courses in Latin American history, civilization, popular culture, and anthropology. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume provides a look at the popular culture of Latin America - its dance, cooking, art, carnivals, music, romance, funerals, monuments, medicine and humour. Popular culture encapsulates the pleasure in everyday life, and this work seeks to show how it offers moments of laughter (through jokes, satire and simple foolishness); of delight from jobs well done (whether cooking, ploughing, fixing a carburettor, or setting a table with flowers); of escape from dreary daily life (in festivals, drinking, romance, or dreams created by comic books and television); and of living well (by listening to current music, dancing the latest steps, or wearing the hottest fashions). In addition to the everyday aspects of Latin American life, this book includes theoretical approaches to Latin American popular culture, such as the invention of traditions, the creation of national identity, the formation of gender roles, and the prevalence of ethnicity. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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