Crafting Mexico
Intellectuals, Artisans, and the State after the Revolution
1st Edition
Published on 9. September 2010
436 pages
978-0-8223-9173-9 (ISBN)
Description
Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexicos transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map
16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map
File size
6,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-9173-9 (9780822391739)
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Rick A. López is Associate Professor of History at Amherst College.
Content
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Nation Formation, Popular Art, and the Search for a Mexican Aesthetic 1
Part I. Indianness and the Postrevolutionary Mexican Nation 27
1. Ethnicizing the Nation: The India Bonita Contest of 1921 29
2. Popular Art and the Staging of Indianness 65
3. Foreign-Mexican Collaboration, 1920-1940 95
4. The Postrevolutionary Cultural Project, 1916-1938 127
5. The Museum and the Market, 1929-1948 151
6. Formulating a State Policy toward Popular Art, 1937-1974 175
Part II. Alternative Narratives of Metropolitan Intervention: The Artisans of Olinalá, Guerrero 195
7. The "Unbroken Tradition" of Olinalá from the Aztecs through the Revolution 201
8. Transnational Renaissance and Local Power Struggles, 1920s to 1950s 229
9. The Road to Olinalá, 1935-1972 263
Conclusions 289
Notes 299
Bibliography 349
Index 381
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Nation Formation, Popular Art, and the Search for a Mexican Aesthetic 1
Part I. Indianness and the Postrevolutionary Mexican Nation 27
1. Ethnicizing the Nation: The India Bonita Contest of 1921 29
2. Popular Art and the Staging of Indianness 65
3. Foreign-Mexican Collaboration, 1920-1940 95
4. The Postrevolutionary Cultural Project, 1916-1938 127
5. The Museum and the Market, 1929-1948 151
6. Formulating a State Policy toward Popular Art, 1937-1974 175
Part II. Alternative Narratives of Metropolitan Intervention: The Artisans of Olinalá, Guerrero 195
7. The "Unbroken Tradition" of Olinalá from the Aztecs through the Revolution 201
8. Transnational Renaissance and Local Power Struggles, 1920s to 1950s 229
9. The Road to Olinalá, 1935-1972 263
Conclusions 289
Notes 299
Bibliography 349
Index 381
