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Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Mexican Graphic Art and Visual Culture in the early 20th Century book cover

1st Edition

Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Mexican Graphic Art and Visual Culture in the early 20th Century

By Beth Matusoff Merfish Copyright 2027
230 Pages 20 Color & 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book challenges the national myth that Mexican art between the Mexican Revolution and World War II was inevitably and thoroughly populist and nationalist and argues instead that there was no such all-encompassing spirit, and even art intended for broad populations was not always democratic. The author explores the painstaking efforts of artists and arts administrators to stake their claims... Read more

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Chapter One - “Creative Capacity at the Service of the People:” Fundamental Tenets and Foundational Myths of the TGP

Chapter Two - “Those Who Will Lead the Revolution to Victory:” The Collaborative Relationship Between the TGP and the German-Speaking Émigrés in Mexico

Chapter Three - “To all who have died, to all who are fighting:” A Case Study of the Libro negro

Chapter Four - José Vasconcelos as Fascist: Understanding the Role of Timón in his Long Career

Chapter Five - Chapter Five: Dr. Atl’s Pervasive and Eruptive Antisemitism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Beth Matusoff Merfish is Director of the School of Art and Associate Professor of Art History, University of Houston

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