Picturing the proletariat : artists and labor in revolutionary Mexico, 1908-1940 /

In the wake of Mexico's revolution, artists played a fundamental role in constructing a national identity centered on working people and were hailed for their contributions to modern art. Picturing the Proletariat examines three aspects of this artistic legacy: the parallel paths of organized l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lear, John, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
Temas:
Posada, José Guadalupe, > 1852-1913 > Criticism and interpretation.
Herrán, Saturnino, > 1887-1918 > Criticism and interpretation.
Herrán, Saturnino, > 1887-1918
Posada, José Guadalupe, > 1852-1913
1900-1999
Working class > Political activity > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Politics in art > History > 20th century.
Arts and revolutions > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Artists > Political activity > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs > Activité politique > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvement ouvrier > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Politique dans l'art > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Arts et révolutions > Mexique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Artistes > Activité politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
Artists > Political activity
Arts and revolutions
Labor movement
Politics in art
Working class > Political activity
Mexico
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Allegories of work
  • Saturnino Herrán, José Guadalupe Posada, and the working class on the eve of revolution
  • Workers and artists in the 1910 revolution
  • El Machete and cultural and political vanguards
  • Consuming labor : revista CROM, art education, and la lectura preferida
  • Cardenismo, the popular front, and the league of revolutionary artists and writers
  • The Mexican Electricians Union, the art of the strike and the Spanish Civil War
  • "Unity at all costs!" and the end of revolution.

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