Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures / edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. López.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balderston, Daniel, 1952-

Gonzalez, Mike, 1943-

López, Ana M.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Encyclopedias.

Latin America.

Caribbean Area--Encyclopedias.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

3 volumes (lxxii, 1754 pages) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

Spanning a period from 1920 to the present day, this unique A-Z resource features some 4000 entries on more than 40 regions in Latin America and the Caribbean. "Culture" in this work encompasses food, sports, religion, television and other mass media, transportation, music and other performing arts, architecture, visual arts, politics and a wide range of other cultural phenomena. Entries include: Miguel Angel Asturios * bananas * bossa nova * Candomble * carnival * cholera * cockfighting * debt crisis * Carlos Fuentes * Higher Education * hurricanes * Indigenismo * Frida Kahlo * lambada * Liberation Theology * "La Nacion * poster art * Quechua * salsa * sancocho * Fernando Solanos * syncretism * Teatro Abierto * television * and much more. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

1. A-D

2. E-N

3. O-Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

041513188X

0415229715

0415229723

0415229731

OCLC:

44128802