Cold War exiles in Mexico : U.S. dissidents and the culture of critical resistance / Rebecca M. Schreiber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schreiber, Rebecca Mina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans--Mexico--History--20th century.

Americans.

Cold War--Influence.

Cold War.

Political refugees--Mexico--History--20th century.

Political refugees.

Political refugees--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and culture--Mexico.

Politics and culture.

Politics and culture--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The onset of the Cold War in the 1940's and 1950's precipitated the exile of many U.S. writers, artists, and filmmakers to Mexico. Rebecca M. Schreiber illuminates the work of these cultural exiles in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and reveals how their artistic collaborations formed a vital and effective culture of resistance. As Schreiber recounts, the first exiles to arrive in Mexico after World War II were visual artists, many of them African-American, including Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White, and John Wilson. Individuals who were blacklisted from the Hollywood film industry, such as Dalton Tr

Contents:

Routes elsewhere : the formation of U.S. exile communities in Mexico

The politics of form : African American artists and the making of transnational aesthetics

Allegories of exile : political refugees and resident imperialists

Audience and affect : divergent economies of representation and place

Unpacking leisure : tourism, racialization, and the publishing industry

Exile and after exile.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-279) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6624-5

OCLC:

318218292