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bullfight a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American spectacle in which a matador, assisted by banderilleros and mounted picadors, baits and usually kills a bull in an arena How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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During the late fall and winter months, they follow la corrida (the run), first to Huron, about 100 miles southeast in Fresno County, to catch the short lettuce season in October and November, and then down to Yuma, Arizona--known as the "winter lettuce capital of the world"--from December through March. The edge to Picasso's The Aficionado of 1912 depends on the Spanish artist's claim to superior expertise in the art of the corrida over the simple enthusiasm of his depicted subject for the inferior Provencal version. Here the bilingualism of the modern hero connects him to multiple traditions as McCarthy draws on Hollywood's mythic cowboys and the heroic Mexican corrida to encompass the interaction of two inseparable national histories in the modern legend he weaves. |
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