| The Magic Lantern: Having a Ball and Christmas Eve Contributor(s): De Cuellar, Jose Tomas (Author), Carson, Margaret (Author), Glantz, Margo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195115031 ISBN-13: 9780195115031 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Jose Tomas de Cuellar (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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99059209 |
| Series: Library of Latin America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.51" W x 8.24" (0.90 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican - Holiday - Christmas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. 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. |