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Becoming modern, becoming tradition : women, gender, and representation in Mexican art
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"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 be...
"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.
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- Creator
- Adriana Zavala
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- Language
- English
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- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
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- xvii, 365 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780271034713, 0271034718
- OCLC
- ocn318057912
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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