Since the colonial era, Mexican art has emerged from an ongoing process of negotiation between the local and the global, which frequently involves invention, synthesis, and transformation of diverse discursive and artistic traditions. In this pathfinding book, Maria Fernandez us…
Viewing four centuries of art and architecture anew through the lens of cosmopolitanism, this book explores how Mexican visual culture presents an ongoing process of negotiation between the local and the global.
The first Europeans to arrive in North America's various regions relied on Native women to help them navigate unfamiliar customs and places. This study of three well-known female cultural intermediaries -- Malinche, Pocahontas, and Sacagawea -- examines their initial contact wit…
Examines the history and national characteristics of modern Mexico, discussing the contradictions of its politics, its complicated relationship with the United States, and its possible future direction.
Examines the history and national characteristics of modern Mexico, discussing the contradictions of its politics, its complicated relationship with the United States, and its possible future direction.
This book is a portrait of a nation at a crossroads. It examines the history and national characteristics of modern Mexico, discussing the contradictions of its politics, its complicated relationship with the United States, and its possible future direction. Why are Mexicans so …
En todas sus dimensiones, de frente y de perfil, en su pasado y en su presente, el mexicano resulta un ser cargado de tradicion que, acaso sin darse cuenta, actua obedeciendo a la voz de la raza. El author analiza con singular penetracion diversas expresiones, actitudes caracter…
Examines Mexican character and culture and relations between Mexico and the United States.
Ensayo que interpreta la realidad histórica de México.
After Mexico's revolution of 1910-1920, intellectuals sought to forge a unified cultural nation out of the country's diverse populace. Their efforts resulted in an "ethnicized" interpretation of Mexicanness that intentionally incorporated elements of folk and indigenous culture.…
