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Author:

Stavans, Ilan.

Title:

The riddle of Cantinflas : essays on Hispanic popular culture / Illan Stavans.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Popular culture--Latin America.
Kitsch--Latin America.
Cantinflas,--1911-1993,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195) and index.

Contents:

Preface: ©Ưviva el kitsch! -- Immigration and authenticity -- Mother of exiles -- A dream act deferred -- Arrival: notes from an interloper -- Unmasking Marcos -- ©‍loter©ıa! or, the ritual of chance -- Santa Selena -- The novelist and the dictator -- The riddle of Cantinflas -- Mario Vargas Llosa: civilization versus barbarism -- The art of the ephemeral -- Sandra Cisneros: form over content -- Civility and Latinos -- Jos©♭ Guadalupe Posada: a profile -- Conversations: Language and empire (with Ver©đnica Albin); Against biography (with Donald Yates); Redrawing the historieta (with Neal Sokol).

Summary:

"A collection of essays on kitsch and high art in the Americas makes a return with thirteen new colorful conversations that deliver Stavans's trademark wit and provocative analysis. The collection has the power to go beyond common assumptions and helps us understand Mexican popular culture and its counterparts in the United States"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

082635257X (electronic)
9780826352576 (electronic)
0826352561 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780826352569 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)797969871

LCCN:

2012024672

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)