Pop Culture Latin America!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle

Pop Culture Latin America!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
ISBN-10
1851095098
ISBN-13
9781851095094
Category
Social Science
Pages
417
Language
English
Published
2005-01-14
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Authors
Lisa Shaw, Stephanie Dennison

Description

A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Latin America! captures the breadth and vitality of pop culture in Central and South America and the Caribbean, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of its unique melange of art, entertainment, spirituality, and celebrations. Written by contributors who are scholars and specialists in the cultures and languages of Latin America, the book focuses on the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped Latino culture since 1945, particularly in the last two decades. Separate chapters cover music, popular cinema, mass media, theater and performance, literature, cultural heroes, religions and festivals, social movements and politics, the visual arts and architecture, sports and leisure, travel and tourism, and language.

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