"Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture publication initiative"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-212) and index.
Women on the Wire : Izquierdo's images of circus performers -- Saints and Goddesses : Kahlo's appropriations of religious iconography in her self-portraits -- Revitalizing the past : precolumbian figures from West Mexico in Kahlo's paintings -- Beyond the personal : Kahlo's La Niña, La Luna y El Sol of 1942 -- Mother of the Maize : Izquierdo's images of rural gardens with granaries -- What sex is the city? : Izquierdo's aborted mural project -- Picantes pero Sabrosas : Kahlo's still-life paintings and related images -- Grain of Memory : Izquierdo's paintings of Altars to the Virgin of Sorrows -- Beyond the canvas : Izquierdo, Kahlo, and women's rights