Imagining The Mexican Revolution

Author : Tilmann Altenberg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443865708

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Imagining the Mexican Revolution by Tilmann Altenberg Pdf

“Mexico’s 1910 Revolution engendered a vast range of responses: from novels and autobiographies to political cartoons, feature films and placards. In the light of the centennial commemorations, contributors to this original collection evaluate the cultural legacy of this landmark event in a series of engaging essays. Imagining the Mexican Revolution is a rich resource for those interested in ways in which literary and visual culture mediate our understandings of this complex historical phenomenon.” – Professor Andrea Noble, Durham University “This collection of essays by leading and emerging Mexicanists is a distinct and welcome contribution that enhances public and academic understanding of Mexico’s rich revolutionary heritage. It makes available some of the most cutting-edge thinking from the field of Mexican cultural studies on the literary and visual representations produced over a period of one hundred years in Mexico and in other countries.” – Dr Chris Harris, University of Liverpool “In fascinating detail, the essays of this landmark book examine the complexity of the post-revolutionary years in Mexico. But the findings also have applications for other cultures of the world where ideologies of fascism and socialism have competed and media manipulation has existed. Among the volume’s many excellent features are its illustrations.” – Professor Emeritus Nancy Vogeley, University of San Francisco

Author : Analisa Taylor
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0816527180

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Indigeneity in the Mexican Cultural Imagination by Analisa Taylor Pdf

Since the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, the state has engaged in vigorous campaign to forge a unified national identity. Within the context of this effort, Indians are at once both denigrated and romanticized. Often marginalized, they are nonetheless subjects of constant national interest. Contradictory policies highlighting segregation, assimilation, modernization, and cultural preservation have alternately included and excluded MexicoÕs indigenous population from the stateÕs self-conscious efforts to shape its identity. Yet, until now, no single book has combined the various elements of this process to provide a comprehensive look at the Indian in MexicoÕs cultural imagination. Indigeneity in the Mexican Cultural Imagination offers a much-needed examination of this fickle relationship as it is seen through literature, ethnography, film and art. The book focuses on representations of indigenous peoples in post-revolutionary literary and intellectual history by examining key cultural texts. Using these analyses as a foundation, Analisa Taylor links her critique to national Indian policy, rights, and recent social movements in Southern Mexico. In addition, she moves beyond her analysis of indigenous peoples in general to take a gendered look at indigenous women ranging from the villainized Malinche to the highly romanticized and sexualized Zapotec women of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The contradictory treatment of the Indian in MexicoÕs cultural imagination is not unique to that country alone. Rather, the situation there is representative of a phenomenon seen throughout the world. Though this book addresses indigeneity in Mexico specifically, it has far-reaching implications for the study of indigenaety across Latin America and beyond. Much like the late Edward SaidÕs Orientalism, this book provides a glimpse at the very real effects of literary and intellectual discourse on those living in the margins of society. This bookÕs interdisciplinary approach makes it an essential foundation for research in the fields of anthropology, history, literary critique, sociology, and cultural studies. While the book is ideal for a scholarly audience, the accessible writing and scope of the analysis make it of interest to lay audiences as well. It is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the politics of indigeneity in Mexico and beyond.

Author : Joanne Hershfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822389286

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Imagining la Chica Moderna by Joanne Hershfield Pdf

In the years following the Mexican Revolution, visual images of la chica moderna, the modern woman, au courant in appearance and attitude, popped up in mass media across the country. Some of the images were addressed directly to women through advertisements, as illustrations accompanying articles in women’s magazines, and on the “women’s pages” in daily newspapers. Others illustrated domestic and international news stories, promoted tourism, or publicized the latest Mexican and Hollywood films. In Imagining la Chica Moderna, Joanne Hershfield examines these images, exploring how the modern woman was envisioned in Mexican popular culture and how she figured into postrevolutionary contestations over Mexican national identity. Through her detailed interpretations of visual representations of la chica moderna, Hershfield demonstrates how the images embodied popular ideas and anxieties about sexuality, work, motherhood, and feminine beauty, as well as class and ethnicity. Her analysis takes into account the influence of mexicanidad, the vision of Mexican national identity promoted by successive postrevolutionary administrations, and the fashions that arrived in Mexico from abroad, particularly from Paris, New York, and Hollywood. She considers how ideals of the modern housewife were promoted to Mexican women through visual culture; how working women were represented in illustrated periodicals and in the Mexican cinema; and how images of traditional “types” of Mexican women, such as la china poblana (the rural woman), came to define a “domestic exotic” form of modern femininity. Scrutinizing photographs of Mexican women that accompanied articles in the Mexican press during the 1920s and 1930s, Hershfield reflects on the ways that the real and the imagined came together in the production of la chica moderna.

Author : John Mason Hart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0520215311

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Revolutionary Mexico by John Mason Hart Pdf

Looks at the Mexican Revolution against the background of world history, discusses the causes of the revolt, and compares it with those in Iran, Russia, and China.

Author : Max Parra
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780292774162

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Writing Pancho Villa's Revolution by Max Parra Pdf

The 1910 Mexican Revolution saw Francisco "Pancho" Villa grow from social bandit to famed revolutionary leader. Although his rise to national prominence was short-lived, he and his followers (the villistas) inspired deep feelings of pride and power amongst the rural poor. After the Revolution (and Villa's ultimate defeat and death), the new ruling elite, resentful of his enormous popularity, marginalized and discounted him and his followers as uncivilized savages. Hence, it was in the realm of culture rather than politics that his true legacy would be debated and shaped. Mexican literature following the Revolution created an enduring image of Villa and his followers. Writing Pancho Villa's Revolution focuses on the novels, chronicles, and testimonials written from 1925 to 1940 that narrated Villa's grassroots insurgency and celebrated—or condemned—his charismatic leadership. By focusing on works by urban writers Mariano Azuela (Los de abajo) and Martín Luis Guzmán (El águila y la serpiente), as well as works closer to the violent tradition of northern Mexican frontier life by Nellie Campobello (Cartucho), Celia Herrera (Villa ante la historia), and Rafael F. Muñoz (¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa!), this book examines the alternative views of the revolution and of the villistas. Max Parra studies how these works articulate different and at times competing views about class and the cultural "otherness" of the rebellious masses. This unique revisionist study of the villista novel also offers a deeper look into the process of how a nation's collective identity is formed.

Author : Stuart Easterling
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608461837

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The Mexican Revolution by Stuart Easterling Pdf

“An excellent account and analysis of the Mexican Revolution, its background, its course, and its legacy . . . an important contribution [and] a must read!” (Samuel Farber, author of Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959). The most significant event in modern Mexican history, the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20 remains a subject of debate and controversy. Why did it happen? What makes it distinctive? Was it even a revolution at all? In The Mexican Revolution, Stuart Easterling offers a concise chronicle of events from the fall of the longstanding Díaz regime to Gen. Obregón’s ascent to the presidency. In a comprehensible style, aimed at students and general readers, Easterling sorts through the revolution’s many internal conflicts, and asks whether or not its leaders achieved their goals.

Author : Alan Knight
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0803277709

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The Mexican Revolution by Alan Knight Pdf

This comprehensive two-volume history of the Mexican Revolution presents a new interpretation of one of the world's most important revolutions. While it reflects the many facets of this complex and far-reaching historical subject it emphasises its fundamentally local, popular and agrarian character and locates it within a more general comparative context.-- Publisher.

Author : George Wolfskill,Douglas W. Richmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008789423

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Essays on the Mexican Revolution by George Wolfskill,Douglas W. Richmond Pdf

Author : Susan Provost Beller
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822576006

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The Aftermath of the Mexican Revolution by Susan Provost Beller Pdf

Examines the causes, events, and consequences of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917.

Author : John A. Britton
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813162232

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Revolution and Ideology by John A. Britton Pdf

Mexico and the United States share a border of more than 2,000 miles, and their histories and interests have often intertwined. The Mexican Revolution, which began in 1910 and continued in one form or another for the next thirty years, was keenly observed by U.S. citizens, especially those directly involved in Mexico through property ownership, investment, missionary work, tourism, journalism, and education. It differed from many other revolutions in this century in that Marxist--Leninist theory was only one of many radical and reformist influences. Historian John A. Britton examines contemporary accounts written by Americans commenting on social upheaval south of the border: radical writers John Reed, Anita Brenner, and Carlton Beals; novelists Katherine Anne Porter and D.H. Lawrence; social critics Stuart Chase and Waldo Frank; and banker-diplomat Dwight Morrow, to mention a few. Their writings constitute a valuable body of information and opinion concerning a revolution that offers important parallels with liberation movements throughout the world today. Britton's sources also shed light on the many contradictions and complexities inherent in the relationship between the United States and Mexico.

Author : Michael J. Gonzales
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826327802

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The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 by Michael J. Gonzales Pdf

Examines Mexican politics and government from the dictatorship of General Porfirio Dâiaz to the presidency of General Lâazaro Câardenas.

Author : Patrick A. O'Hea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005515971

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Reminiscences of the Mexican Revolution by Patrick A. O'Hea Pdf

Author : William H. Beezley,Colin M. MacLachlan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803224698

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Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946 by William H. Beezley,Colin M. MacLachlan Pdf

On November 20, 1910, Mexicans initiated the world?s first popular social revolution. The unbalanced progress of the previous regime triggered violence and mobilized individuals from all classes to demand social and economic justice. In the process they shaped modern Mexico at a cost of two million lives.

Author : Horacio Legrás
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477310755

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Culture and Revolution by Horacio Legrás Pdf

In the twenty years of postrevolutionary rule in Mexico, the war remained fresh in the minds of those who participated in it, while the enigmas of the revolution remained obscured. Demonstrating how textuality helped to define the revolution, Culture and Revolution examines dozens of seemingly ahistorical artifacts to reveal the radical social shifts that emerged in the war’s aftermath. Presented thematically, this expansive work explores radical changes that resulted from postrevolution culture, including new internal migrations; a collective imagining of the future; popular biographical narratives, such as that of the life of Frida Kahlo; and attempts to create a national history that united indigenous and creole elite society through literature and architecture. While cultural production in early twentieth-century Mexico has been well researched, a survey of the common roles and shared tasks within the various forms of expression has, until now, been unavailable. Examining a vast array of productions, including popular festivities, urban events, life stories, photographs, murals, literature, and scientific discourse (including fields as diverse as anthropology and philology), Horacio Legrás shows how these expressions absorbed the idiosyncratic traits of the revolutionary movement. Tracing the formation of modern Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s, Legrás also demonstrates that the proliferation of artifacts—extending from poetry and film production to labor organization and political apparatuses—gave unprecedented visibility to previously marginalized populations, who ensured that no revolutionary faction would unilaterally shape Mexico’s historical process during these formative years.

Author : John Mason Hart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Argentina
ISBN : OCLC:253534096

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Revolutionary Mexico by John Mason Hart Pdf