{"product_id":"magic-lantern-the","title":"Magic Lantern, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eJosé Tomas de Cuéllar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were first published. The stories are a sensitive reflection of the effects of modernization brought by an\n\u003cbr\u003eauthoritarian regime dedicated to order and progress.      Christmas Eve describes a volatile middle class in which people pursue pleasure and entertainment without regard to morality. Having a Ball depicts women and their\n\u003cbr\u003ededication to fashion. It is through them that Cuellar examines a society susceptible to foreign values, the importation of which radically altered the face of Mexico and its traditional customs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156603039982,"sku":"9780195115031","price":63.69,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780195115031.jpg?v=1706231655","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/magic-lantern-the","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}