Publication

2014-12-19 - Duke University Press Books

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10082235781X
  • ISBN-139780822357810
  • WikidataQ57234144
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014030835
  • OCLC Control Number886880728
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780822357810
  • Open LibraryOL27539218M

Classifications

  • LCCND259.Z787 V38 2015
  • LCCND259.Z787V38 2014
  • LCCND259.Z787 V38 2014

Description

This book adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Mary Kay Vaughan's chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counters a literature that portrays post-1940 Mexican history as a series of uprisings against state repression, injustice, and social neglect that culminated in the student protests of 1968. Rendering Zúñiga's coming of age on the margins of formal politics, Vaughan depicts midcentury Mexico City as a culture of growing prosperity, state largesse, and a vibrant, transnationally-informed public life that produced a multifaceted youth movement brimming with creativity and criticism of convention. By discussing the influences that shaped Zuniga's worldview, she historicizes the process of subject formation and shows how doing so offers new perspectives on the events of 1968.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Portrait of a Young Painter: Pepe Zúñiga and Mexico City's Rebel GenerationPaperbackDuke University Press Books2014-12-19

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