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Title Imagining the Mexican Revolution : versions and visions in literature and visual culture / edited by Tilmann Altenberg ; with a foreword by Leonard Folgarait.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 284 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Images and imaginings of the Mexican Revolution : 100 years and counting -- Geografía y procesos culturales en la narrativa de la Revolución mexicana (Azuela y Campobello) -- Towards a broader definition of the novel of the Mexican Revolution -- Los de abajo : an early novela de la tierra? -- With the benefit of hindsight? The Mexican Revolution in José Vasconcelos's Ulises criollo and La tormenta -- The Mexican Revolution according to Italian novelist Valerio Evangelisti : Il collare spezzato -- Francisco León de la Barra, la prensa y el linchamiento del caudillo -- The Mexican Revolution in the visual discourse of the 1968 student movement -- Executions by firing squad : how shootings were shot in films of the Mexican Revolution -- Zapata on film : dreams, nightmares, realities -- Pancho Villa en pantalla -- La ley de Herodes : poner en tela de juicio el mito de la revolución en el cine de finales del siglo XX -- Ars combinatoria reloaded : notes to reconstruct Salvador Toscano's monumental film compilation -- Arte y poder en la Revolución mexicana -- José Clemente Orozco : una figura del romanticismo y apoliticismo posrevolucionario.
Summary Mexico's 1910 Revolution engendered a vast range of responses: from novels and autobiographies to political cartoons, feature films and placards. In the light of the centennial commemorations, contributors to this original collection evaluate the cultural legacy of this landmark event in a series of engaging essays. Imagining the Mexican Revolution is a rich resource for those interested in ways in which literary and visual culture mediate our understandings of this complex historical phenomenon.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Literature and the revolution.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Altenberg, Tilmann, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Imagining the Mexican revolution. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013 144385316X (OCoLC)861257296
ISBN 9781443865708 (electronic book)
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