Heroes & hero cults in Latin America  [electronic resource] / 
 Heroes and hero cults in Latin America 
edited by Samuel Brunk & Ben Fallaw. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Austin :  University of Texas Press,  2006. 
 - viii, 318 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-309) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2007. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA678261  bnb 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hero worship--History.--Latin America<br/>Politicians--Public opinion.--Latin America<br/>Statesmen--Public opinion.--Latin America<br/>Public opinion--Latin America.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F1408.3  / .H49 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>980