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Becoming Modern, Becoming Tradition:

Women, Gender, and Representation in Mexican Art
  • ISBN-13: 9780271035246
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Adriana Zavala
  • Price: AUD $113.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/08/2010
  • Format: Paperback 408 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Photography & photographs [AJ]
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Explores the imagery of woman in Mexican art and visual culture. Examines how woman signified a variety of concepts, from modernity to authenticity and revolutionary social transformation, both before and after the Mexican Revolution.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Eternal Feminine: Self-Sacrifice, Modesty, and Discretion

2. Fin de Siglo: Modernity and the Culture of Decadence

3. Pupilas and Mestizas

4. Santa, La India Bonita, and Mexican Maternity

5. Desnudas, Amazonas, and Tehuanas

6. Double Portraits: “Sons (and Daughters) of La Malinche

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“This important research will add significantly to the understanding of this period of Mexican history.”

—Magali M. Carrera, University of Massachusetts

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