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

by Tace Hedrick

In Mestizo Modernism Tace Hedrick focuses on four key artists who represent Latin American modernism--Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo, Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Hedrick interrogates what being "modern" and "American" meant for them and illuminates the cultural contexts within which they worked, as well as the formal methods they shared, including the connection they drew between...

• 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"