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Author:

Moriuchi, Mey-Yen, 1974- author.

Title:

Mexican costumbrismo : race, society, and identity in nineteenth-century art / Mey-Yen Moriuchi.

Publisher:

The Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 163 pages ; 27 cm

Subject:

Art, Mexican--19th century.
National characteristics, Mexican, in art--History--19th century.
Mexicans in art--History--19th century.
Mexico--History--History--19th century.
Mexican literature--19th century--History and criticism.
National characteristics, Mexican, in literature--History--19th century.
Mexicans in literature--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Racialized social spaces in casta and costumbrista painting -- Traveler-artists' visions of Mexico -- Literary costumbrismo : celebration and satire of los tipos populares -- Local perspectives : Mexican costumbrista artists -- Costumbrista photography.

Summary:

"Focuses on costumbrismo, a cultural trend in Latin America and Spain toward representing local customs, types, and scenes of everyday life in the visual arts and literature, to examine the shifting terms of Mexican identity in the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

027107907X
9780271079073

OCLC:

(OCoLC)994999793

LCCN:

2017030927

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)