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This project explores the complex intersections between social, political, and cultural dynamics and religious traditions. Taking the Mexican Revolution as case study, I explore the profound influence of Christian theological themes embedded in the nationwide efforts to renew th…

This dissertation examines the ways that indigenista writers from Mexico and Peru used animals in their representation of indigenous peoples, particularly in proposing a “new type of being” as the privileged subject for the nation. Literary indigenismo is a genre of narrative fi…

Scholars across disciplines have widely discussed the state sponsored cultural program that surfaced after the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). In particular, visual representations of indigenous women became widely popular as the state aimed to establish a language for a solid n…