Mexican Modernity: The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution

by Rubén Gallo

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A secret history of Mexican modernity told through five artifacts--cameras, typewriters, radio, cement, stadiums--and the radical transformation of art and literature they brought about in the 1920s and 1930s.

In Mexican Modernity, Rub n Gallo tells the story of a second Mexican Revolution, a battle fought on the front of cultural representation. The new revolutionaries were not rebels or outlaws but artists and writers; their weapons...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262514966

ISBN13:9780262514965

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 8.8" x 7.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math Social Science Social Sciences Technology Textbooks

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