Women in Mexican folk art : of promises, betrayals, monsters and celebrities / Eli Bartra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartra, Eli, author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk art--Mexico.

Folk art.

Women artists--Mexico.

Women artists.

Women in art.

Women folk artists--Mexico.

Women folk artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to engender Mexican folk art and locate women at its centre by studying the processes of creation, distribution, and consumption, as well as examining iconographic aspects, and elements of class and ethnicity, from the perspective of gender. The author will demonstrate that the topic provides unique insights into Mexican culture, and has enormous relevance within and without the country, given the fact that much folk art is made for the United States and Europe, either in terms of the tourists who buy it on coming to Mexico, or that which is exported.

Contents:

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Folk Art and some of its Myths; Women and Votive Paintings; Judas was not a Woman, but...; Fantastic Art: Alebrijes and Ocumichos; Frida Kahlo on a Visit to Ocotlán:'The Painting's One Thing, the Clay's Another'; The Paintings on the Serapes of Teotitlán; From Humble Rag Dolls to Zapatistas; Embroiderers of Miracles; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78316-074-8

OCLC:

898422684