Open Borders to a Revolution Culture, Politics, and Migration

Name: Open Borders to a Revolution Culture, Politics, and Migration
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ISBN: 9781935623120

ISBN-10: 1935623125

ISBN-13: 9781935623120

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jaime Marroquin Arredondo, Adela. Pineda Franco, Magdalena Mieri, May Fife Kohn

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Open Borders to a Revolution is a collective enterprise studying the immediate and long-lasting effects of the Mexican Revolution in the United States in such spheres as diplomacy, politics, and intellectual thought. It marks both the bicentennial of Latin America’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, an anniversary with significant relevance for American history. The Smithsonian partnered with several institutions and organized a series of cultural events, among them an academic symposium whose program was envisioned and developed by the editors of this volume: "Creating an Archetype: The Influence of the Mexican Revolution in the United States." The…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 289
Size: 6.29" wide x 9.29" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Traveling Borders



Interview with John Womack, Jr.




From Antagonism to Accord: The Controversy over the Mexican Revolution in the Political Culture of the United States




Mexico's Revolutionary Art and the United States, 1920-1940: A Friendly Invasion




Brown, Black, and Blues: Miguel Covarrubias and Carlos Chï¿½vez in the United States and Mexico (1923-1953)




Hollywood Villa and the Vicissitudes of Cross-Cultural Encounters




Fallen Utopias: The Mexican Revolution in Katherine Anne Porter's




Anita Brenner and the Jewish Roots of Mexico's Postrevolutionary National Identity




Living Borders



Mexican Americans and the Novel of the Mexican Revolution




Charting the Legacy of the Revolution: How the Mexican Revolution Transformed El Paso's Cultural and Urban Landscape




On the Banks of the Future: Ciudad Juï¿½rez and El Paso in the Mexican Revolution




Reveling in Patriotism: Celebrating America on the U.S.-Mexico Border during the Mexican Revolution




Pancho Villa's Head: The Mexican Revolution in the Chicano Theatrical Imagination




An Open Letter from an Artist to a Mexican Crime Cartel Boss



Afterword: Revolutionary Encounters of the Transnational Kind: Cross-Border Collaborations, Border Thinking, and the Politics of Mexican Nation-State Formation



Contributors


Index