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Heroes & hero cults in Latin America

Additional authors: Brunk, Samuel, -- 1959- | Fallaw, Ben, -- 1966- | ebrary, Inc.

Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : University of Texas Press, (Austin :) Physical details: viii, 318 p. : ill.

Subject(s): Hero worship -- Latin America -- History. | Politicians -- Latin America -- Public opinion. | Statesmen -- Latin America -- Public opinion. | Public opinion -- Latin America. | Electronic books.

Year: 2006

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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.

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