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Author:

Zavala, Adriana.

Title:

Becoming modern, becoming tradition : women, gender, and representation in Mexican art / Adriana Zavala.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xvii, 365 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Women in art.
Women in popular culture--Mexico.
Art, Mexican--20th century.
Art and society--Mexico--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-349) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0271035242 (pbk.)
9780271035246 (pbk.)
0271034718 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271034713 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318057912

LCCN:

2009014135

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)