Heroes & hero cults in Latin America

Heroes & hero cults in Latin America / edited by Samuel Brunk & Ben Fallaw.

Other author/creator	Brunk, Samuel, 1959-
Other author/creator	Fallaw, Ben, 1966-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.
Description	viii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Hero worship--Latin America --History. Politicians--Latin America --Public opinion. Statesmen--Latin America --Public opinion. Public opinion--Latin America.

Other title	Heroes and hero cults in Latin America
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index.
LCCN	2006012990
ISBN	0292714378 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0292714815 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780292714373
ISBN	9780292714816

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F1408.3 H49 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold