Cultural politics in revolution
Subtitle: teachers, peasants, and schools in Mexico, 1930-1940
By: Mary Kay Vaughan.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Education and state -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- History -- 20th century; Education and state -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 20th century; Education, Rural -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- History -- 20th century; Education, Rural -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 20th century; Socialism and education -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- History -- 20th century; Socialism and education -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- History -- 20th century; Teachers -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Teachers -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910-1946
Description: "Innovative study of the cultural legacy of the Mexican Revolution, using the story of rural schools. Focuses on Puebla and Sonora and the attempt by the central government to implement socialist education and to advance its nationalist agenda. Stresses the importance of negotiation among national and local leaders, teachers and peasants"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the cultural politics of the Mexican revolution; title: Revolutionary cultural policy : the Secretaría de Educación Pública; title: Translating cultural policy : the mobilization of federal teachers in Puebla and Sonora; title: "On the blackboard, no cow ever died" : campesino duels with schools in revolutionary Tecamachalco; title: "Good day, pistol! Where are you taking that teacher?" : socialist education in Zacapoaxtla; title: "Educated by bullets" : the yaquis of Sonora, the Mexican school, and the Mexican state; title: Weaving fantasies of modernity, eating "tortillas filled with faith" : the cultural politics of schooling in a Sonoran immigrant society; title: Conclusion : the school, hegemony, and civil society.