02381nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10629190 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120626t20121998nmu sb 001 0deng d 2012024672 9780826352569 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780826352576 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)819816712 cl----- F1408.3 .S73 2012eb 306.098 23 Stavans, Ilan. The riddle of Cantinflas [electronic resource] : essays on Hispanic popular culture / Illan Stavans. Hispanic popular culture Rev. and expanded ed. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012, c1998. xiv, 208 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface: �iviva el kitsch! -- Immigration and authenticity -- Mother of exiles -- A dream act deferred -- Arrival: notes from an interloper -- Unmasking Marcos -- �Iloter�a! 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�e Guadalupe Posada: a profile -- Conversations: Language and empire (with Ver�onica Albin); Against biography (with Donald Yates); Redrawing the historieta (with Neal Sokol). "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cantinflas, 1911-1993. Popular culture Latin America. Kitsch Latin America. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10629190 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 53351 53351