| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 358 pages) |
| Contents |
Sister at war : Mexican women's poetry and the U.S.-Mexican War / Christopher Conway -- The sly mockeries of military men : corridos and poetry as critical voice for the Porfirian army / Stephen Neufeld -- The track from beyond the grave : challenges to Porfirian policymaking in popular verse / Michael Matthews -- "I'm going to write you a letter" : coplas, love letters and courtship literacy / William French -- Singing for Cristo Rey : masculinity, piety, and dissent in Mexico's Cristero Rebellion / Stephen J.C. Andes -- El niño proletario : Jesús Sansón Flores and the New Revolutionary Redeemer, 1935-1938 / Elena Jackson Albarrán -- "That mariachi band and that tequila ..." : modernity, identity and cultural politics in alcohol songs of the Mexican golden age cinema / Áurea Toxqui -- Let us weep among the dust : recycled poems of 1968 and operas of earthquake / Amanda Ledwon |
| Summary |
"This edited volume examines the history of modern Mexico through poetry and music. It seeks to examine the cultural venues where ordinary people articulated their understandings of the social, political, and economic change they witnessed taking place during moments of tremendous upheaval, such as the U.S.-Mexican War, the Porfiriato, the Mexican Revolution, among others"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mexican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Mexican literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Music and history -- Mexico
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Literature and history -- Mexico
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HISTORY -- General.
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Literature and history
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Mexican literature
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Music and history
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Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Matthews, Michael, 1978- editor.
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Neufeld, Stephen, editor
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| ISBN |
9780816501731 |
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0816501734 |
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