Heroes & hero cults in Latin America

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Brunk, Samuel, 1959-, Fallaw, Ben, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : heroes and their cults in modern Latin America / Ben Fallaw and Samuel Brunk
  • Simón Bolívar : man and myth / John Chasteen
  • Remembering and forgetting Agustín Gamarra : the life and legacy of the Cuzco caudillo / Charles F. Walker
  • Antonio López de Santa Anna's search for personalized nationalism / Shannon Baker
  • Presidential ritual in Porfirian Mexico : curtsying in the shadow of dictators / Víctor M. Macías-González
  • The eyes of Emiliano Zapata / Samuel Brunk
  • Felipe Carrillo Puerto of revolutionary-era Yucatán, 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 Perón : beauty, resonance, and heroism / Linda B. Hall.