The Magic Lantern: Having a Ball and Christmas Eve

di José Tomas de Cuéllar (Autore)

Margo Glantz (Curatore)

Margaret Carson (Traduttore)

Oxford University Press Inc, 2001

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.

• Autore: José Tomas de Cuéllar
• Traduttore: Margaret Carson
• Curatore: Margo Glantz
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Collana: Library of Latin America
• Anno: 2001
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 203 x 135 mm
• Peso: 249 gr.
• EAN: 9780195115031

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