Heroes and Martyrs. Review of Samuel Brunk and Ben Fallaw's (eds.) <em>Heroes & Hero Cults in Latin America</em> (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006).
Keywords
Latin American Cultural Studies, Latin American History
Keywords
Latin American Cultural Studies, Latin American History
Abstract
Do we need heroes? Whom do we select as our heroes? How do these individuals become mythologized? Reading Heroes & Hero Cults in Latin America, a title that perhaps would be more at home in the History Book Club than on an academic reading list, raises these and other questions.
Published
2007-01-01
Section
Reviews / Reseñas