Imagining the Mexican Revolution : versions and visions in literature and visual culture / edited by Tilmann Altenberg ; with a foreword by Leonard Folgarait.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Folgarait, Leonard, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Altenberg, Tilmann, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican literature--History and criticism.

Mexican literature.

Motion pictures--Mexico--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Mexico's 1910 Revolution engendered a vast range of responses: from novels and autobiographies to political cartoons, feature films and placards. In the light of the centennial commemorations, contributors to this original collection evaluate the cultural legacy of this landmark event in a series of engaging essays. Imagining the Mexican Revolution is a rich resource for those interested in ways in which literary and visual culture mediate our understandings of this complex historical phenome...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD - IMAGES AND IMAGININGS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: LITERATURE; CHAPTER ONE - GEOGRAFÍA Y PROCESOS CULTURALES EN LA NARRATIVA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN MEXICANA; CHAPTER TWO - TOWARDS A BROADER DEFINITION OF THE NOVEL OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION; CHAPTER THREE - LOS DE ABAJO; CHAPTER FOUR - WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT?; CHAPTER FIVE - THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION ACCORDING TO ITALIAN NOVELIST VALERIO EVANGELISTI; PART II: VISUAL CULTURE

CHAPTER SIX - FRANCISCO LEÓN DE LA BARRA, LA PRENSA Y EL LINCHAMIENTO DEL CAUDILLO FRANCISCO I. MADEROCHAPTER SEVEN - THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION IN THE VISUAL DISCOURSE OF THE 1968 STUDENT MOVEMENT; CHAPTER EIGHT - EXECUTIONS BY FIRING SQUAD; CHAPTER NINE - ZAPATA ON FILM; CHAPTER TEN - PANCHO VILLA EN PANTALLA; CHAPTER ELEVEN - LA LEY DE HERODES; CHAPTER TWELVE - ARS COMBINATORIA RELOADED; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - ARTE Y PODER EN LA REVOLUCIÓN MEXICANA; CHAPTER FOURTEEN - JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO; PICTURE CREDITS; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6570-2

OCLC:

887508296