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The Magic Lantern: Having a Ball and Christmas Eve
By
Margaret Carson (trans),
Jose Tomas De Cuellar,
Margaret Carson,
Margo Glantz,
Jose Tomas De Cuellar and
Margo Glantz (editor)
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Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
November 16, 2000
Pages
166
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195115024
ISBN-10
0195115023
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
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$30.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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.
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. 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. Christmas Eve describes a volatile middle class in which people pursue pleasure and entertainment without regard to morality.
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9780195115024 | details & prices | 166 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $30.00
About: José Tomas de Cuéllar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature.
About: José Tomas de Cuéllar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature.
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