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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785974503321

Autore

Lund Joshua <1969->

Titolo

The mestizo state [[electronic resource] ] : reading race in modern Mexico / / Joshua Lund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4529-4616-7

0-8166-7952-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/9723529

Soggetti

Literature and society - Mexico

Mestizaje in literature

Mestizos - Mexico - History

Mexican literature - History and criticism

Mexico Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; INTRODUCTION: THE MESTIZO STATE; 1. Colonization and Indianization in Liberal Mexico: The Case of Luis Alva; 2. Altamirano's Burden; 3. Misplaced Revolution: Rosario Castellanos and the Race War; 4. Elena Garro and the Failure of Alliance; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The Mestizo State examines how the ideas, images, and public discourse around race, nation, and citizen formation have been transformed in Mexico from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Starting with the Porfiriato, Joshua Lund investigates the rise of a racialized "mestizo state," its reinvention after the Mexican Revolution, and its mobilization as a critical lever that would act both on behalf of and against mainstream Mexican political culture during the long hegemony of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. Lund takes race as his object of critical reflection in the context of