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PublisherUniversity of Texas Press

ISBN-100292725620

ISBN-139780292725621

eBay Product ID (ePID)99509270

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Number of Pages265 Pages

Publication NameConstructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution : Cinema and the Archive

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Film / Genres / Action & Adventure, Film / History & Criticism

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, History

AuthorZuzana M. Pick

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"An outstanding contribution to our critical understanding of the representation of the Mexican Revolution in contexts that go far beyond purely national interest." Marvin D'Lugo, Clark University

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.43/658

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction. Visualizing and Romancing the Revolution Chapter 1. The Revolution as Media Event: Documentary Image and the Archive Chapter 2. Historicity and the Archive: Reconstruction and Appropriation Chapter 3. Pancho Villa on Two Sides of the Border Chapter 4. Avant-Garde Gestures and Nationalist Images of Mexico in Eisenstein's Unfinished Project Chapter 5. Reconfiguring the Revolution: Celebrity and Melodrama Chapter 6. The Aesthetics of Spectacle Chapter 7. Competing Narratives and Converging Visions Conclusion. Thoughts on Working with the Archive Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisWinner, Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award, 2011 With a cast ranging from Pancho Villa to Dolores del Rio and Tina Modotti, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution demonstrates the crucial role played by Mexican and foreign visual artists in revolutionizing Mexico's twentieth-century national iconography. Investigating the convergence of cinema, photography, painting, and other graphic arts in this process, Zuzana Pick illuminates how the Mexican Revolution's timeline (1910-1917) corresponds with the emergence of media culture and modernity. Drawing on twelve foundational films from Que Viva Mexico (1931-1932) to And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), Pick proposes that cinematic images reflect the image repertoire produced during the revolution, often playing on existing nationalist themes or on folkloric motifs designed for export. Ultimately illustrating the ways in which modernism reinvented existing signifiers of national identity, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution unites historicity, aesthetics, and narrative to enrich our understanding of Mexicanidad., With a cast ranging from Pancho Villa to Dolores del Río and Tina Modotti, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution demonstrates the crucial role played by Mexican and foreign visual artists in revolutionizing Mexico's twentieth-century national iconography. Investigating the convergence of cinema, photography, painting, and other graphic arts in this process, Zuzana Pick illuminates how the Mexican Revolution's timeline (1910-1917) corresponds with the emergence of media culture and modernity. Drawing on twelve foundational films from Que Viva Mexico! (1931-1932) to And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), Pick proposes that cinematic images reflect the image repertoire produced during the revolution, often playing on existing nationalist themes or on folkloric motifs designed for export. Ultimately illustrating the ways in which modernism reinvented existing signifiers of national identity, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution unites historicity, aesthetics, and narrative to enrich our understanding of Mexicanidad., Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2011 With a cast ranging from Pancho Villa to Dolores del Río and Tina Modotti, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution demonstrates the crucial role played by Mexican and foreign visual artists in revolutionizing Mexico's twentieth-century national iconography. Investigating the convergence of cinema, photography, painting, and other graphic arts in this process, Zuzana Pick illuminates how the Mexican Revolution's timeline (1910-1917) corresponds with the emergence of media culture and modernity. Drawing on twelve foundational films from Que Viva Mexico! (1931-1932) to And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003), Pick proposes that cinematic images reflect the image repertoire produced during the revolution, often playing on existing nationalist themes or on folkloric motifs designed for export. Ultimately illustrating the ways in which modernism reinvented existing signifiers of national identity, Constructing the Image of the Mexican Revolution unites historicity, aesthetics, and narrative to enrich our understanding of Mexicanidad.

LC Classification NumberF1234.P55 2011