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Culture and Customs of Ecuador / Michael H. Handelsman.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Culture and Customs of Latin America and the CaribbeanPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Greenwood Press, 2000Description: 176 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780313302442
  • 0313302448
Subject(s): Summary: "Culture and Customs of Ecuador celebrates the extraordinary cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity that has made this small country one of Latin Americas 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-Columbian, colonial, modern, and postmodern cultural forces. The underlying themes of Ecuador's continuing struggles with multiculturalism and national identity are presented here with unprecedented clarity."--BOOK JACKET.
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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 Americas 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-Columbian, colonial, modern, and postmodern cultural forces. The underlying themes of Ecuador's continuing struggles with multiculturalism and national identity are presented here with unprecedented clarity."--BOOK JACKET.

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