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Culture and customs of Ecuador

Author: Michael H Handelsman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
Series: Culture and customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Culture and Customs of Ecuador celebrates the extraordinary cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity that has made this small country one of Latin America's most unique. Through this overview of its history, religious institutions, literature, social customs, cinema, media, and visual and performing arts, Ecuador emerges as a vibrant microcosm of Latin America. Students and other readers will learn how Ecuadorian s Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael H Handelsman
ISBN: 0313302448 9780313302442
OCLC Number: 42080288
Description: xxii, 153 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm.
Contents: Context -- Religion -- Social customs -- Broadcasting and print media -- Cinema -- Literature -- Performing arts -- Crafts, painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Series Title: Culture and customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Responsibility: Michael Handelsman.

Abstract:

Culture and Customs of Ecuador celebrates the extraordinary cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity that has made this small country one of Latin America's most unique. Through this overview of its history, religious institutions, literature, social customs, cinema, media, and visual and performing arts, Ecuador emerges as a vibrant microcosm of Latin America. Students and other readers will learn how Ecuadorian society blends pre-Colombian, colonial, modern, and postmodern cultural forces. The underlying themes of Ecuador's continuous struggles with multiculturalism and national identity are presented with unprecedented clarity.

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