Heroes & hero cults in Latin America [electronic resource] / edited by Samuel Brunk & Ben Fallaw.
Contributor(s): Brunk, Samuel | Fallaw, Ben | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: viii, 318 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Other title: Heroes and hero cults in Latin America [Other title].Subject(s): Hero worship -- Latin America -- History | Politicians -- Latin America -- Public opinion | Statesmen -- Latin America -- Public opinion | Public opinion -- Latin AmericaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 980 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index.
Introduction : heroes and their cults in modern Latin America / Ben Fallaw and Samuel Brunk -- Sim�on Bol�ivar : man and myth / John Chasteen -- Remembering and forgetting Agust�in Gamarra : the life and legacy of the Cuzco caudillo / Charles F. Walker -- Antonio L�opez de Santa Anna's search for personalized nationalism / Shannon Baker -- Presidential ritual in Porfirian Mexico : curtsying in the shadow of dictators / V�ictor M. Mac�ias-Gonz�alez -- The eyes of Emiliano Zapata / Samuel Brunk -- Felipe Carrillo Puerto of revolutionary-era Yucat�an, Mexico : popular leader, Caesar, or martyr? / Ben Fallaw -- Augusto Sandino of Nicaragua : the hero never dies / Richard Grossman -- Frida Kahlo : heroism of private life / Nancy Deffebach -- Haya de la Torre and APRA / David Nugent -- Evita Per�on : beauty, resonance, and heroism / Linda B. Hall.
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