Modern Mexican culture : critical foundations / edited by Stuart A. Day.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Day, Stuart A. (Stuart Alexander), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--Civilization.

Mexico.

Civilization.

Mexico--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 330 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.

Summary:

This collection of essays presents a key idea or event in the making of modern Mexico through the lenses of art and history--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Art of History / Stuart A. Day Day, Stuart A. 3

1 Dreamers: Youth and Migration: American Dreamers and Mexico / Marta Caminero-Santangelo Caminero-Santangelo, Marta 25

2 Milpa: Mesoamerican Resistance to Agricultural Imperialism / Analisa Taylor Taylor, Analisa 46

3 Charros: A Critical Introduction / Christopher Conway Conway, Christopher 66

4 Print: The People's Print Shop: Art, Politics, and the Taller de Gráfica Popular / Ryan Long Long, Ryan 84

5 Teachers: Educating Cohesion: The Teacher as an Agent of the Postrevolutionary State / David S. Dalton Dalton, David S. 107

6 Murder: M for Murder: Mexico and Its Democratic State / Fernando Fabio Sánchez Sánchez, Fernando Fabio 123

7 Solitude / Robert McKee Irwin Irwin, Robert McKee 148

8 Democracy: The Idea of Democratic Transition / Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado Prado, Ignacio M. Sánchez 166

9 Classism: Gente Decente and Civil Rights: From Suffrage to Divorce and Privileges in Between / Emily Hind Hind, Emily 184

10 1968: Archiving Amnesia: Tlatelolco and the Artfulness of Memory / Jacqueline E. Bixler Bixler, Jacqueline E. 203

11 War: Medusa's Head: The Drug War Commandeers the People / Rafael Acosta Morales Morales, Rafael Acosta 219

12 Feminicide: Expanding Outrage: Representations of Gendered Violence and Feminicide in Mexico / Dana A. Meredith Meredith, Dana A., Luis Alberto Rodriguez Cortes Cortes, Luis Alberto Rodriguez 237

13 El Norte: The North in Contemporary Mexican Narrative, Poetry, and Film: Relocating National Imaginaries Beyond the Mythology of Violence / Oswaldo Zavala Zavala, Oswaldo 259

14 Media: Media from Above/Media from Below: An Alternative Topography of the Mexican Mediascape / Magali Rabas Rabas, Magali 273

15 Net.art / Debra A. Castillo Castillo, Debra A. 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816534265

0816534268

OCLC:

983824506