The riddle of Cantinflas : Essays on hispanic popular culture /
Ilan Stavans
- New York : University of New Mexico Press, 1998
- ix, 155 p.
Santa Selena, 3. -- Hanukkah : A brief reminiscence, 10. -- Unmasking marcos, 13. -- Sam spade, otra vez, 25. -- The riddle of cantinflas, 31. -- Frida and Benita : Unparalleled lives, 53. -- Carlos fuentes in his labyrinth, 57. -- José Guadalupe Posada : A profile, 63. -- Señora Rodriguez's Purse, 76. -- Sandra Cisneros : Form over content, 81. -- Tinísima, 89. -- Films, 94. -- Laura esquivel's second act, 109. -- Borderland : A letter, 114. -- Buffalo Nickel, 117. -- Appeal of the false quixote, 122. -- Rosario Ferré's Macondo, 125. -- Auturmn of the matriarch, 129. -- How hispanics became brown, 135. -- Melodrama la cubana, 148
Cantinflas, 1911-1993.
Popular culture--Latin America. Kitsch--Latin America.