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

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.>

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stephanie Dennison, Dennison Stephanie, Lisa Shaw, Lisa Dennison Shaw, Lisa/ Dennison Shaw, Shaw Lisa
• Edition: Abc Clio Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 14.01.2005
• EAN: 9781851095049
• ISBN: 978-1-85109-504-9
• Pages: 416
• Thèmes: Popular Culture in the Contemp; Popular Culture in the Contemporary World
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; Media Studies, Latin America, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Reference works, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America