Becoming modern, becoming tradition
Subtitle: women, gender, and representation in Mexican art
By: Adriana Zavala.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780271034713
Subjects: Women in art; Women in popular culture -- Mexico; Art, Mexican -- 20th century; Art and society -- Mexico -- 20th century
Other titles: Women, gender, and representation in Mexican art
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The eternal feminine : self-sacrifice, modesty, and discretion; title: 2. Fin de siglo : modernity and the culture of decadence; title: 3. Pupilas and Mestizas; title: 4. Santa, La India Bonita, and Mexican maternity; title: 5. Desnudas, Amazonas, and Tehuanas; title: 6. Double portraits : "sons (and daughters) of La Malinche"; title: Epilogue.