The Magic Lantern: Having a Ball and Christmas Eve (Library of Latin America)
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| Management number | 231466058 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $11.68 | Model Number | 231466058 | ||
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José Tomas de Cuéllar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were first published. The stories are a sensitive reflection of the effects of modernization brought by an authoritarian regime dedicated to order and progress.Christmas Eve describes a volatile middle class in which people pursue pleasure and entertainment without regard to morality. Having a Ball depicts women and their dedication to fashion. It is through them that Cuellar examines a society susceptible to foreign values, the importation of which radically altered the face of Mexico and its traditional customs. Read more
| ASIN | B007H98C9I |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0199938988 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 2.4 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 218 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | November 16, 2000 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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