Teaching the Mexican Revolution (Paperback)

Paperback. Essays on the Mexican Revolution and its literary and cultural legaciesThe Mexican Revolution lives on in literature, film, song, and popular culture. An enduring part of the cultural memory of Mexican and Mexican American communities, the revolution has shapedand continues to be shaped bylater generations' experiences and conceptions of history. This volume offers instructors a variety of vantage points for teaching the revolution, including the role of women as family protectors and soldiers, petroculture, the heroization of famous revolutionary figures, and contemporaneous corridos. Essays introduce students to comparative approaches framed by concepts of colonialism and borders. Several essays center the perspectives and experiences of Mexican American, Chicanx, and borderland communities, attending especially to remembrance and to the literary and cultural afterlives of the revolution. This volume also contains discussion of the following authors and works: Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah; Mariano Azuela, Los de abajo; Nellie Campobello, Cartucho; Cristina Rivera Garza, Nadie me vera llorar; Martin Luis Guzman, La sombra del caudillo; Monica Lavin, Cafe cortado; Josefina Niggli, Soldadera; Ousmane Sembene, Le dernier de l'empire; Chano Urueta, Los de abajo. Examining the enduring impact of the Mexican Revolution on literature, film, and popular culture, this collection of essays explores its imprint on cultural memory. Diverse viewpoints highlight gender roles, colonialism, and border narratives, revealing how history is reimagined and celebrated through art and community voices. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…