Mestizo Modernism: Race, Nation, and Identity in Latin American Culture, 1900-1940

by Tace Hedrick

We use the term "modernism" almost exclusively to characterize the work of European and American writers and artists who struggled to portray a new kind of fractured urban life typified by mechanization and speed. Between the 1880s and 1930s, Latin American artists were similarly engaged--but with a difference. While other modernists drew from "primitive" cultures for an alternative sense of creativity, Latin American modernists were taking a cue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813532167
• ISBN13: 9780813532165
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"