Overview
Utilizes a wealth of previously unanalyzed primary resources drawing from archives in Mexico and the US
Draws connections between dance and other arts (visual arts, theater, music) in the larger context of the Americas during the period
Places the ideas of the "cosmic generation" into context as a product of its time, problematic discourses and all
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About this book
Dance and the Arts in Mexico, 1920–1950 tells the story of the arts explosion that launched at the end of the Mexican revolution, when composers, choreographers, and muralists had produced state-sponsored works in wide public spaces. The book assesses how the “cosmic generation” in Mexico connected the nation-body and the dancer’s body in artistic movements between 1920 and 1950. It first discusses the role of dance in particular, the convergences of composers and visual artists in dance productions, and the allegorical relationship between the dancer's body and the nation-body in state-sponsored performances. The arts were of critical import in times of political and social transition, and the dynamic between the dancer’s body and the national body shifted as the government stance had also shifted. Second, this book examines more deeply the involvement of US artists and patrons in this Mexican arts movement during the period. Given the power imbalance between north and south, these exchanges were vexed. Still, the results for both parties were invaluable. Ultimately, this book argues in favor of the benefits that artists on both sides of the border received from these exchanges.
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About the author
Ellie Guerrero is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies and Chair of the Department of Spanish at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA. She is author of Confronting History and Modernity in Mexican Narrative (Palgrave, 2008) and co-editor of Unfolding the City: Women Write the City in Latin America (2007).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dance and the Arts in Mexico, 1920-1950
Book Subtitle: The Cosmic Generation
Authors: Ellie Guerrero
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92474-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92473-1Published: 02 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06439-6Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92474-8Published: 18 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 210
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Culture, Latin American History, Dance, Cultural Heritage, Global/International Culture