Cultural Politics in Revolution : Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1930-1940 / Mary Kay Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan, Mary K., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Mexico--Puebla (State)--History--20th century.

Education and state.

Education and state--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--20th century.

Education, Rural--Political aspects--Mexico--Puebla (State)--History--20th century.

Education, Rural.

Education, Rural--Political aspects--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--20th century.

Socialism and education--Mexico--Puebla (State)--History--20th century.

Socialism and education.

Socialism and education--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--20th century.

Teachers--Political activity--Mexico--Puebla (State)--History--20th century.

Teachers.

Teachers--Political activity--Mexico--Sonora (State)--History--20th century.

Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, [1997]

Summary:

"Innovative study of the cultural legacy of the Mexican Revolution, using the story of rural schools. Focuses on Puebla and Sonora and the attempt by the central government to implement socialist education and to advance its nationalist agenda. Stresses the importance of negotiation among national and local leaders, teachers and peasants"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas

Contents:

Introduction : the cultural politics of the Mexican revolution

Revolutionary cultural policy : the Secretaría de Educación Pública

Translating cultural policy : the mobilization of federal teachers in Puebla and Sonora

"On the blackboard, no cow ever died" : campesino duels with schools in revolutionary Tecamachalco

"Good day, pistol! Where are you taking that teacher?" : socialist education in Zacapoaxtla

"Educated by bullets" : the yaquis of Sonora, the Mexican school, and the Mexican state

Weaving fantasies of modernity, eating "tortillas filled with faith" : the cultural politics of schooling in a Sonoran immigrant society

Conclusion : the school, hegemony, and civil society.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780816516759

0816516758

OCLC:

1237401166