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OverviewDuring the first two decades following the Mexican Revolution, children in the country gained unprecedented consideration as viable cultural critics, social actors, and subjects of reform. Not only did they become central to the reform agenda of the revolutionary nationalist government; they were also the beneficiaries of the largest percentage of the national budget. While most historical accounts of postrevolutionary Mexico omit discussion of how children themselves experienced and perceived the sudden onslaught of resources and attention, Elena Jackson Albarrán, in Seen and Heard in Mexico, places children’s voices at the center of her analysis. Albarrán draws on archived records of children’s experiences in the form of letters, stories, scripts, drawings, interviews, presentations, and homework assignments to explore how Mexican childhood, despite the hopeful visions of revolutionary ideologues, was not a uniform experience set against the monolithic backdrop of cultural nationalism, but rather was varied and uneven. Moving children from the aesthetic to the political realm, Albarrán situates them in their rightful place at the center of Mexico’s revolutionary narrative by examining the avenues through which children contributed to ideas about citizenship and nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elena Jackson AlbarranPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.703kg ISBN: 9780803264861ISBN 10: 0803264860 Pages: 414 Publication Date: 01 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Seen and Heard in Revolutionary Mexico 1. Constructing Citizens: Adult-Produced Science, Space, Symbolism, and Rhetoric for the Revolutionary Child 2. Pulgarcito and Popocatépetl: Children’s Art Curriculum and the Creation of a National Aesthetic 3. A Community of Invisible Little Friends: Technology and Power in Children’s Radio Programs 4. Comino vence al Diablo and Other Terrifying Episodes: Teatro Guiñol’s Itinerant Puppet Theater 5. Hacer Patria through Peer Education: Literacy, Alcohol, and the Proletarian Child 6. Hermanitos de la Raza: Civic Organizations and International Diplomacy Conclusion: Exceptional and Everyday Citizens Notes Bibliography IndexReviews[ Seen and Heard in Mexico ] skillfully weaves together a variety of complex and significant threads while keeping at its center the important topic of the construction of childhood as a central component of postrevolutionary citizenship and nationalism. --John Lear, professor of history at the University of Puget Sound and author of Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City --John Lear (03/03/2014) [Seen and Heard in Mexico] skillfully weaves together a variety of complex and significant threads while keeping at its center the important topic of the construction of childhood as a central component of postrevolutionary citizenship and nationalism. - John Lear, professor of history at the University of Puget Sound and author of Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City Seen and Heard in Mexico is an engaging, well-researched, and well-argued contribution to our understanding of the role children played in the post-revolutionary Mexican state and identity formation. -Nichole Sanders, American Historical Review -- Nichole Sanders American Historical Review This excellent book will inform many future studies related to Mexican history and identity, education, immigration, and international relations. -Susan V. Meyers, Hispanic American Historical Review -- Susan V. Meyers Hispanic American Historical Review [Seen and Heard in Mexico] skillfully weaves together a variety of complex and significant threads while keeping at its center the important topic of the construction of childhood as a central component of postrevolutionary citizenship and nationalism. -John Lear, professor of history at the University of Puget Sound and author of Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City -- John Lear Seen and Heard in Mexico is an engaging, well-researched, and well-argued contribution to our understanding of the role children played in the post-revolutionary Mexican state and identity formation. -Nichole Sanders, American Historical Review -- Nichole Sanders American Historical Review This excellent book will inform many future studies related to Mexican history and identity, education, immigration, and international relations. -Susan V. Meyers, Hispanic American Historical Review -- Susan V. Meyers Hispanic American Historical Review Thoroughly researched, insightful, and accessible. -Ella Dixon, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research -- Ella Dixon Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research [Seen and Heard in Mexico] skillfully weaves together a variety of complex and significant threads while keeping at its center the important topic of the construction of childhood as a central component of postrevolutionary citizenship and nationalism. -John Lear, professor of history at the University of Puget Sound and author of Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City -- John Lear Author InformationElena Jackson Albarrán is an assistant professor in the history department and the Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies Program at Miami University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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