Heroes & hero cults in Latin America [electronic resource] /
Heroes and hero cults in Latin America
edited by Samuel Brunk & Ben Fallaw.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
- viii, 318 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA678261 bnb
Uk
Hero worship--History.--Latin America
Politicians--Public opinion.--Latin America
Statesmen--Public opinion.--Latin America
Public opinion--Latin America.
Electronic books.
F1408.3 / .H49 2006eb
980
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA678261 bnb
Uk
Hero worship--History.--Latin America
Politicians--Public opinion.--Latin America
Statesmen--Public opinion.--Latin America
Public opinion--Latin America.
Electronic books.
F1408.3 / .H49 2006eb
980