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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Zavala, Adriana. Becoming modern, becoming tradition. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010 (OCoLC)742276580 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adriana Zavala |
| ISBN: | 9780271034713 0271034718 9780271035246 0271035242 |
| OCLC Number: | 318057912 |
| Awards: | 2011 Association for Latin American Art Book Award |
| Description: | xvii, 365 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| 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. |
| Other Titles: | Women, gender, and representation in Mexican art |
| Responsibility: | Adriana Zavala. |
Abstract:
"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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