| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; Chapter 1 From Vale Coyote to the Carpa Valentina; Chapter 2 Ambiguous Profiles; Chapter 3 The Details of Fame; Chapter 4 Syndicalism and Stardom; Chapter 5 The Magician; Chapter 6 Around the World or Just the Studio; Chapter 7 A Modern Quixote; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index |
| Summary |
Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to illuminate the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. Cantinflas (Moreno's film persona) was the most popular movie star in Mexican history. A fast-talking, nonsensical character, he helped Mexicans embrace their rich mestizo identity and cope with the difficulties of modernization. For thirty years he served as a 'weapon of the weak, ' satirizing corrupt officials and pompous elites wh |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cantinflas, 1911-1993.
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| SUBJECT |
Cantinflas, 1911-1993 fast |
| Subject |
Entertainers -- Mexico -- Biography
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Entertainers
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Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780742572485 |
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074257248X |
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