Heroes and Martyrs. Review of Samuel Brunk and Ben Fallaw's (eds.) Heroes & Hero Cults in Latin America (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006).

Authors

  • Marc Becker Truman State University

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.

Author Biography

  • Marc Becker, Truman State University
    Marc Becker es Profesor Asociado de historia en Truman State University. Sus estudios se enfocan en las construcciones de clase, etnicidad, y género dentro de los movimientos populares en los Andes. Próximamente, Duke University Press va a publicar su libro sobre la historia de los movimientos indígenas en el Ecuador.

Published

2007-01-01

Issue

Section

Reviews / Reseñas

How to Cite

Heroes and Martyrs. Review of Samuel Brunk and Ben Fallaw’s (eds.) Heroes & Hero Cults in Latin America (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006). (2007). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 4(2), 273-278. https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/291