Picturing the Proletariat: Artists and Labor in Revolutionary Mexico, 1908-1940

by John Lear

Thomas McGann Memorial Prize, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, 2017
Runner-up, Humanities Book Prize, Mexico Section of the Latin American Studies Association, 2018

In the wake of Mexico's revolution, artists played a fundamental role in constructing a national identity centered on working people and were hailed for their contributions to modern art. Picturing the Proletariat examines three aspects of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477311505
• ISBN13: 9781477311509
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"