Mexico's Revolutionary Avant-Gardes: From Estridentismo to ¡30–30! - Hardcover

Flores, Tatiana E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300184484 ISBN 13: 9780300184488

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

In December 1921, the poet Manuel Maples Arce (1898–1981) papered the walls of Mexico City with his manifesto Actual No. 1, sparking the movement Estridentismo (Stridentism). Inspired by Mexico’s rapid modernization following the Mexican Revolution, the Estridentistas attempted to overturn the status quo in Mexican culture, taking inspiration from contemporary European movements and methods of expression.

Mexico’s Revolutionary Avant-Gardes provides a nuanced account of the early-20th-century moment that came to be known as the Mexican Renaissance, featuring an impressive range of artists and writers. Relying on extensive documentary research and previously unpublished archival materials, author Tatiana Flores expands the conventional history of Estridentismo by including its offshoot movement ¡30–30! and underscoring Mexico’s role in the broader development of modernism worldwide. Focusing on the interrelationship between art and literature, she illuminates the complexities of post-revolutionary Mexican art at a time when it was torn between formal innovation and social relevance.

About this title

Book Description:

This groundbreaking book looks at the cultural mix of art, literature, and politics following the Mexican Revolution of 1910, portraying Mexico City as a global center for the development of modernism.

About the Author:

Tatiana Flores is assistant professor in the Department of Art History with a joint appointment in the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300184484
• ISBN 13: 9780300184488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 376