The Messy History of Mexican Cultural Nationalism. Review of Mary Kay Vaughan and Stephen E. Lewis' (eds) <em>The Eagle and the Virgin: Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940</em> (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006)

Authors

  • Alexander Dawson Simon Fraser University

Keywords:

Latin American Cultural Studies, Latin American History

Abstract

This anthology examines cultural nationalists attempting to produce a national style of art, architects re-imagining the urban space of Mexico City, nationalist musical traditions inscribed through performance and recording, educators trying to bring modern sensibilities to the countryside, and rural Mexico transformed through the imperatives of road-building and expanded markets. The latter—that is, the market—plays a much more critical role in this text than has been the case in most studies of this era.

Author Biography

Alexander Dawson, Simon Fraser University

Alexander Dawson es Profesor Asociado de Historia Latinoamericana en la Universidad Simon Fraser (Vancouver, Canada). Obtuvo su doctorado en la
Universidad de Stony Brook en 1997. Es autor de los libros Indian and Nation in Revolutionary Mexico (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2004) y First World Dreams: Mexico Since 1989 (Londres: Zed Books, 2006). Su nuevo proyecto explora los discursos sobre el “indio” en ambos lados de la frontera durante el siglo XX.

Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Dawson, A. (2007). The Messy History of Mexican Cultural Nationalism. Review of Mary Kay Vaughan and Stephen E. Lewis’ (eds) <em>The Eagle and the Virgin: Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940</em> (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 4(2), 239–242. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/286

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Reviews / Reseñas