Childhood and modernity in cold war Mexico City / Eileen Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Eileen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Mexico--Mexico City--Social conditions.

Children.

Cold War--Children.

Cold War.

Mexico City (Mexico)--Civilization--20th century.

Mexico City (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 243 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"Childhood and Modernity in Cold War Mexico City traces the transformations that occurred between 1934 and 1968 in Mexico through the lens of childhood. Countering the dominance of Western European and North American views of childhood, Eileen Ford puts the experiences of children in Latin America into their historical, political, and cultural contexts. Drawing on diverse primary sources ranging from oral histories to photojournalism, Ford reconstructs the emergent and varying meanings of childhood in Mexico City during a period of changing global attitudes towards childhood, and changing power relations in Mexico at multiple scales, from the family to the state. She analyses children's presence on the silver screen, in radio, and in print media to examine the way that children were constructed within public discourse, identifying the forces that would converge in the 1968 student movement. This book demonstrates children's importance within Mexican society as Mexico transitioned from a socialist-inspired revolutionary government to one that embraced industrial capitalism in the Cold War era. It is a fascinating study of an extremely important, burgeoning population group in Mexico that has previously been excluded from histories of Mexico's bid for modernity. Childhood and Modernity in Cold War Mexico City will be essential reading for students and scholars of Latin American history and the Cold War."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Children Encounter the City: Mobility, Leisure, and Work through the Eyes of its Youngest Inhabitants

2. Educating the City of Children

3. Popular Culture and Entertainment through the Lens of Childhood, 1934-63

4. Catholicism, Global Politics, and Gender in the Making of Mexican National Identity

5. Documenting Childhood: Discourses and Images of Children in Print Media and Photography

Conclusion: Childhood and the Limits of Modernity

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350040052

1350040053

9781350040045

1350040045

9781350040038

1350040037

OCLC:

1030000742