Picturing the Proletariat : : Artists and Labor in Revolutionary Mexico, 1908–1940 / / John Lear.
In the wake of Mexico’s revolution, artists played a fundamental role in constructing a national identity centered on working people and were hailed for their contributions to modern art. Picturing the Proletariat examines three aspects of this artistic legacy: the parallel paths of organized labor...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Allegories of Work
- One. Saturnino Herrán, José Guadalupe Posada, and the Working Class on the Eve of Revolution
- Two. Workers and Artists in the 1910 Revolution
- Three. El Machete and Cultural and Political Vanguards
- Four. Consuming Labor: Revista CROM, Art Education, and La Lectura Preferida
- Five. Cardenismo, the Popular Front, and the League of Revolutionary Artists and Writers
- Six. The Mexican Electricians Union, the Art of the Strike, and the Spanish Civil War
- Seven. “Unity at All Costs!” and the End of Revolution
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index