Seen and heard in Mexico : children and revolutionary cultural nationalism / Elena Jackson Albarrán.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albarrán, Elena Jackson, author.

Series:

Mexican experience.

The Mexican experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Mexico.

Children.

Children and politics.

Mexico--History--1910-1946.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Summary:

An examination of the Mexican government's use of children to advance their state-formation goals following the Mexican Revolution, and the experience of children during this campaign.

Contents:

Introduction : seen and heard in revolutionary Mexico

Constructing citizens : adult-produced science, space, symbolism, and rhetoric for the revolutionary child

Pulgarcito and Popocatépetl : children's art curriculum and the creation of a national aesthetic

A community of invisible little friends : technology and power in children's radio programs

Comino vence al diablo and other terrifying episodes : Teatro Guiñol's itinerant puppet theater

Hacer patria through peer education : literacy, alcohol, and the proletarian child

Hermanitos de la raza : civic organizations and international diplomacy

Conclusion : exceptional and everyday citizen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803266827

0803266820

9780803266841

0803266847

OCLC:

895048652