Mex/L.A. : "Mexican" modernism(s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985 / [editor, Museum of Latin American Art ; coordinating editor, Selene Preciado ; translations, Amalia Caputo [and others]].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Preciado, Selene.

Museum of Latin American Art.

Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mexican American art--California--Los Angeles--20th century--Exhibitions.

Mexican American art.

Art--California--Los Angeles--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art.

California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Mexican modernism(s) in Los Angeles

Place of Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, [2011]

Language Note:

Spanish and English parallel text.

Contents:

Introduction: Does L.A. stand for Los Angeles or Latin America? = Introducción: ¿L.A. significa Los Ángeles o Latinoamérica? / Rubén Ortiz-Torres

I am your past; you are my future : Mexico-Los Angeles = Soy tu pasado; eres mi futuro : Mexico-Los Ángeles / Olivier Debroise

The present-day Pachuco refuses to die! = ¡El Pachuco actual se niega a morir! / Rubén Ortiz-Torres

Reproduction of victims = La reproducción de las víctimas / Renato González Mello

Alfredo Ramos Martínez : Indians, Hollywood, and the Los Angeles times = Alfredo Ramos Martínez : Indígenas, Hollywood, y Los Angeles times / Anna Indych-López

(Re)visions : sacred mothers and virgins = (Re)visiones : madres sagradas y vírgenes / Catha Paquette

Exiles at home : constructing Los Angeles and Mexico City in photography and film = Exiliados en casa : la construcción de Los Ángeles y de la Ciudad de México en fotografía y cine / Jesse Lerner

Latin-esque : the (Mexican) musical modernism of L.A., 1950-1966 = Latin-esco : el modernismo musical (mexicano) en Los Ángeles, 1950-1966 / Josh Kun

On populist reason and Chicano modernisms = Sobre la razón populista y los modernismos chicanos / Mariana Botey

La vida lowrider : the art and style of cruising bajito y suavecito/low and slow in the city of Los Angeles = La vida lowrider : el arte y estilo de navegar bajito y suavecito/suave y lento en la ciudad de Los Ángeles / Denise Sandoval

Renegotiating race, class, and gender : street works, performance art, and alternative spaces = Re-negociando raza, clase y género : obras callejeras, performance y espacios alternativos / Harry Gamboa Jr.

"Your identity is somewhere else" : Cyclona as perception, as polemic = "Tu identidad está en otro sitio" : Cyclona como percepción, como polémica / Jennifer Flores Sternad (with Ricardo A. Bracho)

Mexico City-L.A. : design dialogues = Mexico City-L.A. : diálogos de diseño / Ana Elena Mallet

The reverse is true = Lo contrario es verdad / Cuauhtémoc Medina

Chicano rock power! = ¡Poder rock chicano! / Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-206).

Local Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, Sept. 18, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9783775731331

3775731334

9780980108033

0980108039

OCLC:

727701755