Understanding Consumer Culture in Latin America; J.Sinclair  & A.C.Pertierra PART I: TRANSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS New Social and Business Models in Latin American Music; G.Yúdice The Advertising Industry in Latin America: A Contemporary Overview; J.Sinclair PART II: GETTING AND SPENDING From 'Country of the Future' to Emergent Country: Popular Consumption in Brazil; R.G.Oliven  & R.P.Machado Chile's Forgotten Consumers: Poor Urban Families, Consumption Strategies, and the Moral Economy of Risk in Santiago; J.Stillerman Peasants and Pirámides: Consumer Fantasies in the Colombian Andes; J.Antrosio PART III: DOMESTIC PRACTICE Decorating the New House: The Material Culture of Social Mobility; T.Ariztia Stitching Identities: Clothing Production and Consumption in Mexico City; M.Francois Christmas Tamales in Costa Rica (1900-1930); P.V.Jiménez , translated by Fergus Grealy and Anna Cristina Pertierra PART IV: IMAGES AND SOUNDSCAPES Quinceañera: Coming of Age through Digital Photography in Cuba; A.C.Pertierra Images of Work for Consumption: Factory's Representations in Ideological Propaganda and Advertising; V.Casaqui , translated by Marcela Ferreira da Silva and Anna Cristina Pertierra Tango, Samba and National Identities: Similarities and Differences in the Foundational Myths of 'Mi Noche Triste' and 'Pelo Telefone'; R.Helal  & H.R.Lovisolo , translated by Marc Figuerola Delgado and Anna Cristina Pertierra PART V: SPACES AND PLACES Spaces of Consumerism and the Consumption of Space: Tourism and Social Exclusion in the 'Mayan Riviera'; D.M.Navarrete  & M.Redclift Singing for Shaved Ice: Glacial Loss and Raspadilla in the Peruvian Andes; K.W.Dunbar  & K.D.M.Marcoa Becoming Middle Class? Consumption, Respectability and Place in Sex Tourism; M.Rivers-Moore